Antibody tests for identification of Mycobacterium bovis- infected bovine herds

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 566-568

  Amadori, M ^a   Tameni, S ^a   Scaccaglia, P ^a   Cavirani, S ^b   Archetti, I L ^a   Giandomenico, R Quondam ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING COMPETITION; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031985533     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.566-568.1998     Document Type: Article

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