Detection of specific antibodies in dogs infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 216-224

  Schucan, A ^a   Schnyder, M ^a   Tanner, I ^a   Barutzki, D ^b   Traversa, D ^c   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Veterinary Laboratory Freiburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Diagnosis; Dog; ELISA; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADULT EXCRETORY ANTIGEN; ADULT SECRETORY ANTIGEN; ADULT SOMATIC ANTIGEN; ADVOCATE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FIRST STAGE LARVA ANTIGEN; IMIDACLOPRID PLUS MOXIDECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PURIFIED ADULT SOMATIC ANTIGEN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5; PURIFIED ADULT SOMATIC ANTIGEN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AV 70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS;

EID: 84858293683     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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