Comparison between a γ-IFN assay and intradermal tuberculin test for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in field trials in Brazil

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-358

  Lilenbaum, W ^a   Schettini, J C ^a   Souza, G N ^a   Ribeiro, E R ^a   Moreira, E C ^c   Fonseca, L S ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0033143008     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1999.tb01240.x     Document Type: Review

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