Serological detection of circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen and specific antibodies in dogs from central and northern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 192-198

  Guardone, L ^a   Schnyder, M ^b   Macchioni, F ^a   Deplazes, P ^b   Magi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Antigen and antibody detection; Dogs; ELISA; Italy; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA AEROPHILA; CAPILLARIA BOEHMI; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; CROSS REACTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG DISEASES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME; VETERINARY;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPILLARIA; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS REACTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871702474     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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