Novel tools for the diagnosis and differentiation of acute and chronic bovine besnoitiosis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Schares, G ^a   Langenmayer, M C ^b   Scharr, J C ^b   Minke, L ^a   Maksimov, P ^a   Maksimov, A ^a   Schares, S ^a   Barwald A ^a   Basso, W ^c   Dubey, J P ^d   Conraths, F J ^a   Gollnick, N S ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avidity; Besnoitia besnoiti; Bradyzoite; ELISA; IFAT; Immunoblot; Surface antigen; Tachyzoite

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; DNA; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ACUTE BOVINE BESNOITIOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC BOVINE BESNOITIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84873175844     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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