id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318266-i8x80knq Böse, Reinhard Diagnosis of Babesia caballi infections in horses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot 1994-05-31 .txt text/plain 3622 220 61 title: Diagnosis of Babesia caballi infections in horses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot No positive results were obtained in the ELISA and Western blot with 106 sera from horses not infected with Babesia spp. Sera tested were as follows: (I) sera from 106 horses not infected with Bubesia spp., i.e. horses from Germany tested negative in preliminary studies by IFAT at a serum dilution of 4 l/40 and by CFT at a serum dilution of < l/5; the results for these sera were used to calculate the diagnostic specificity of the ELISA and Western blot; (2) 71 sera from 15 horses experimentally infected with B. equi; these results were used to calculate the diagnostic sensitivity of the ELISA, Western blot, IFAT and CFT; (3) 76 sera from 13 horses experimentally infected with 3. ./cache/cord-318266-i8x80knq.txt ./txt/cord-318266-i8x80knq.txt