Antigen specific immunological responses of badgers (Meles meles) experimentally infected with Mycobacterium bovis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Lesellier, Sandrine ^a,f   Corner, Leigh ^a   Costello, Eamon ^b   Sleeman, Paddy ^c   Lyashchenko, Konstantin ^d   Greenwald, Rena ^d   Esfandiari, Javan ^d   Singh, Mahavir ^e   Hewinson, R Glyn ^f   Chambers, Mark ^f   Gormley, Eamonn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^e LIONEX DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Badgers; Brock test; M. bovis; MAPIA; PPD; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 39649092927     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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