A β-mercaptoethanol-modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-242

  Barral Veloso, Laura ^a   Semião Santos, Saul J ^a   de Andrade, Paulo P ^d   de Melo, Marcia A ^e   Martins, Luís ^b   Marinho, Artur A ^b   de Almeida, José A A ^c   Cardoso, Luís ^b   el Harith, Abdallah ^f  

^a Center for Diagnosis and Research in Leishmaniasis   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^f AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Antigen; canine visceral leishmaniasis; diagnosis; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; mercaptoethanol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875313887     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712474818     Document Type: Article

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