

@article {3160,
	title = {Analysis of antibody responses by commercial western blot assay in horses with alveolar echinococcosis},
	journal = {The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science},
	volume = {74},
	number = {6},
	year = {2012},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {813{\textendash}815},
	abstract = {Commercial western blot (WB) assay was used to detect serum antibodies specific to Echinococcus multilocularis in 23 horses in which infection was confirmed by postmortem inspection at a slaughterhouse. Livers contained from 1 to {\textbackslash}textgreater20 nodular lesions; foci diameter ranged from 1 to 25 mm. Antibody tests of serum from all 23 animals were negative for antigen bands at 7, 16, 18, and 26-28 kDa, which show specificity in the serum of human patients. However, sera from two infected horses with the largest nodules (diameter, 25 mm) showed positive response to one of the 22-kDa and 30-kDa antigen bands. It may be possible to diagnose E. multilocularis infection in horses based on the detection of these bands on commercial WB assay.},
	keywords = {Animals, Antibodies, Blotting, Echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis, Female, Helminth, Hepatic, Horse Diseases, Horses, Humans, Liver, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Western},
	issn = {1347-7439},
	author = {Ueno, Masahiro and Kuroda, Nobuhiko and Yahagi, Kazue and Ohtaki, Toshihiko and Kawanaka, Masanori}
}
