Development of culture-based serological assays to diagnose babesia divergens infections

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-110

  Gabrielli, Simona ^a   Galuppi, Roberta ^b   Marcer, Federica ^c   Marini, Carla ^d   Tampieri, Maria Paola ^b   Moretti, Annabella ^e   Pietrobelli, Mario ^c   Cancrini, Gabriella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; diagnosis; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CORPUSCULAR ANTIGEN; METABOLIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; ITALY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOS; IXODIDA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 84856825251     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0706     Document Type: Article

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