A distinctive Western blot pattern to recognize Trichinella infections in humans and pigs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1017-1023

  Gómez Morales, Maria Angeles ^a   Ludovisi, Alessandra ^a   Amati, Marco ^a   Blaga, Radu ^b   Zivojinovic, Milena ^c   Ribicich, Mabel ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c Veterinary Specialist Institute Pozarevac   (Serbia)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Human; Pig; Serology; Trichinella; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIVITY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLOSIS; ZOONOSES;

SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 84868150063     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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