Not peripheral parasitaemia but the level of soluble parasite antigen in plasma correlates with vaccine efficacy against Babesia canis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Schetters, Th P M ^a   Scholtes, N C ^a   Kleuskens, J A G M ^a   Bos, H J ^a  

^a INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Dog; Exoantigen; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 9044238057     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-1.x     Document Type: Article

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