Detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in cattle by PCR using milk, lymph node aspirates, and nasal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1050-1055

  Vitale, Fabrizio ^a,b   Capra, Giuseppina ^a   Maxia, Letizia ^a   Reale, Stefano ^a   Vesco, Gesualdo ^a   Caracappa, Santo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim D   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MASS SCREENING; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031896973     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1050-1055.1998     Document Type: Article

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