Comparative evaluation of a point-of-care immunochromatographic test SNAP 4Dx with molecular detection tests for vector-borne canine pathogens in Hong Kong

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1269-1277

  Wong, Samson S Y ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Poon, Rosana W S ^a   Choi, Garnet K Y ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Yeung, Michelle L ^b   Hui, Janet J Y ^c   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department   (Hong Kong)

^c Pathlab Medical Laboratories Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Babesia; Dirofilaria immitis; Ehrlichia; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HONG KONG; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BABESIA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; HONG KONG; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONT OF DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 80052323115     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0265     Document Type: Article

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