Immunogenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD1 region gene products in infected cattle

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-42

  Mustafa, A S ^a   Cockle, P J ^b   Shaban, F ^a   Hewinson, R G ^b   Vordermeier, H M ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Bovine tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; RD1 region

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0036381056     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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