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Detection of antibodies to Babesia bovis using an ELISA test
T Blandino1, M Alonso, M Barrera
1Parasitology Department, National Center of Animal and Plant Health, San José de las Lajas, Cuba.
Archives of Medical Research
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
An enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) is described for the detection of antibodies to Babesia bovis using a partially purified antigen. The optimum conditions required to perform the test were determined and 210 serum samples were comparatively tested using ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) tests, finding a diagnostic coincidence of 96.1%, a relative sensitivity of 96%, and a relative specificity of 96.4%.