Serodiagnosis of sporotrichosis infection in cats by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a specific antigen, SsCBF, and crude exoantigens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 445-449

  Fernandes, Geisa Ferreira ^a   Lopes Bezerra, Leila Maria ^b   Bernardes Engemann, Andréa Reis ^b   Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco ^c   Dias, Maria Adelaide Galvão ^d   Pereira, Sandro Antonio ^c   Camargo, Zoilo Pires de ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Zoonosis da Prefeitura de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; Crude exoantigens; ELISA; Feline; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; SsCBF antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A BINDING FRACTION ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 78650530410     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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