Specificity of an immunochromatographic test for anthrax

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-222

  Muller, J D ^a   Wilks, C R ^b   O'Riley, K J ^a   Condron, R J ^a   Bull, R ^c   Mateczun, A ^c  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042570874     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12682.x     Document Type: Article

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