The kinetics of serum antibody responses to natural infections with Mycobacterium bovis in one badger social group

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Newell, D G ^a   Clifton Hadley, R S ^a   Cheeseman, C L ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BITE WOUND; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; TRACHEA MUCUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARNIVORA; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030897104     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007340     Document Type: Article

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