Serum antigen 85 levels in adjunct testing for active mycobacterial infections in orangutans

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-71

  Kilbourn, A M ^a   Godfrey, H P ^b   Cook, R A ^a   Calle, P P ^a   Bosi, E J ^c   Bentley Hibbert, S I ^b   Huygen, K ^d   Andau, M ^c   Ziccardi, M ^e   Karesh, W B ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen 85; Diagnosis orangutan; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pongo pygmaeus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

ANTIGEN 85, MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PRIMATE DISEASE; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLORADO; IMMUNOASSAY; MALAYSIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATE DISEASES; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035222121     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.65     Document Type: Article

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