Evaluation of an in-house TgSAG1 (P30) IgG ELISA for diagnosis of naturally acquired Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 204-210

  Pardini, L ^a,b   Maksimov, P ^c   Herrmann, D C ^c   Bacigalupe, D ^a   Rambeaud, M ^a,b   Machuca, M ^a   More G ^a,b   Basso, W ^a,b   Schares, G ^c   Venturini, M C ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agreement; ELISA; Immunoblotting; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Pigs; TgSAG1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SAG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84866299822     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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