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Evaluation of Dirofilaria immitis antigen detection comparing heated and unheated serum in dogs with experimental heartworm infections

BACKGROUND: To evaluate whether heated serum allows for earlier detection of Dirofilaria immitis antigen, dogs with experimental D. immitis infections underwent weekly blood sampling to compare antigen results using both heated and unheated serum. METHODS: One of two isolates (JYD-34 or Big Head™) w...

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Autores principales: Carmichael, James, McCall, Scott, DiCosty, Utami, Mansour, Abdelmoneim, Roycroft, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29143664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2445-5