Comparison of direct immunofluorescence, modified acid-fast staining, and enzyme immunoassay techniques for detection of Cryptosporidium spp in naturally exposed kittens

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1549-1553

  Marks, Stanley L ^a   Hanson, Timothy E ^b   Melli, Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; ZIEHL NEELSEN ACID FAST STAINING;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 8844255451     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1549     Document Type: Article

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