Is a diagnostic system based exclusively on agar gel immunodiffusion adequate for controlling the spread of equine infectious anaemia?

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 123-134

  Scicluna, Maria Teresa ^a   Issel, Charles J ^b   Cook, Frank R ^b   Manna, Giuseppe ^a   Cersini, Antonella ^a   Rosone, Francesca ^a   Frontoso, Raffaele ^a   Caprioli, Andrea ^a   Antonetti, Valeria ^a   Autorino, Gian Luca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic sensitivity; Equine infectious anaemia; Mule; Serology; Three tiered system

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA; HORSES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS, EQUINE; ITALY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 84878640142     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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