Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma evansi in dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) from the Canary Islands (Spain) using an antibody Ab-ELISA

Title:	Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma evansi in dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) from the Canary Islands (Spain) using an antibody Ab-ELISA
Authors:	Molina Caballero, José Manuel Ruiz Reyes, Antonio Juste de Santa Ana, María Candelaria Corbera, J. A. Amador, R. Gutiérrez, C.
UNESCO Clasification:	310904 Medicina interna
Keywords:	Card Agglutination-Test Infected Camels Diagnosis
Issue Date:	2000
Journal:	Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Abstract:	After the description in Grand Canary Island of a case of dromedary trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi in 1998, an indirect enzyme immunoassay for the detection of specific anti-T. evansi IgG (Ab-ELISA) was used to assess the seroprevalence of this disease on the Canary islands, Seroprevalence was 9.0% in the four studied islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura), varying from 10.0 to 7.5% by island (not significantly different). Prevalence using Ab-ELISA was higher than that observed when a parasitological method (microscopic observation of blood smears) was used (1.3%). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10553/49928
ISSN:	0167-5877
DOI:	10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00157-4
Source:	Preventive Veterinary Medicine [ISSN 0167-5877], v. 47 (1-2), p. 53-59, (Octubre 2000)
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