Time delay, temperature effects and assessment of positive controls on whole blood for the gamma interferon ELISA to detect paratuberculosis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Robbe Austerman, S ^a   Krull, A C ^a   Stabel, J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PHYTOLACCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33745308665     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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