Sensitivity and specificity of serological tests, histopathology and immunohistochemistry for detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic chickens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 346-351

  Casartelli Alves, L ^a   Boechat, V C ^a   Macedo Couto, R ^a   Ferreira, L C ^a   Nicolau, J L ^b   Neves, L B ^b   Millar, P R ^c   Vicente, R T ^b   Oliveira, R V C ^a   Muniz, A G ^d   Bonna, I C F ^a   Amendoeira, M R R ^b   Silva, R C ^e   Langoni, H ^f   Schubach, T M P ^a   Menezes, R C ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chickens; Diagnosis; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIRECT HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODIFIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHICKENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84902301380     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.05.039     Document Type: Article

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