Improving the specificity of immunodiagnosis for porcine brucellosis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Thirlwall, R E ^a   Commander, N J ^a   Brew, S D ^a   Cutler, S J ^a,b   McGiven, J A ^a   Stack, J A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. suis; Brucella; Diagnosis; FPSR; IFN ; Yersinia enterocolitica O:9

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWINE, MINIATURE; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 38649090349     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-007-9023-9     Document Type: Article

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