Detection of antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona, Neospora spp., and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from Costa Rica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 522-524

  Dangoudoubiyam, S ^a   Oliveira, J B ^b,c   Viquez C ^c   Gomez Garcia A ^d   Gonzalez O ^d   Romero, J J ^d   Kwok, O C H ^e   Dubey, J P ^e   Howe, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d Práctica Privada ^*  (Costa Rica)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEOSPORA ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST; MALE; MODIFIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROPREVALENCE; SPOROCYST; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCCIDIOSIS; COSTA RICA; DIDELPHIS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOSPORA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

COSTA RICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; EQUIDAE; NEOSPORA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79958294337     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2722.1     Document Type: Article

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