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Hara, Olgga A; Liao, Min; Baticados, Waren; Bannai, Hiroshi; Zhang, Guohong; Zhang, Sofa; Lee, Eung-goo; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Claveria, Florencia G.; Igarashi, Makoto; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Xuan, Xuenan. |
Neospora caninum infection is an important disease affecting bovine and canine populations worldwide. The dense granule antigen 7 of N. caninum (NcGRA7) is considered to be an immunodominant antigen. In the present study, the gene encoding truncated NcGRA7 (NcGRA7t) lacking an N-terminal signal peptide was expressed in Escherichia coli, and its diagnostic potential in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was evaluated. The ELISA could clearly discriminate between known N. caninum-positive and -negative sera from dogs. Serum samples randomly collected from dogs in Japan and China were examined for the diagnosis of neosporosis using the ELISA. Twenty-three of 135 samples (17.03%) and 9 of 95 (9.47%) samples from Japan and China, respectively, were... |
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Palavras-chave: Canine; ELISA; Neospora caninum; NcGRA7. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/995 |
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