False positive reaction of the immunohistochemistry technique using anti-BCG polyclonal antibodies to identify Mycobacterium leprae in wild nine-banded armadillos

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-330

  Deps, Patrícia D ^a,b   Michalany, Nilceo S ^c   Tomimori Yamashita, Jane ^c  

^a Nucleo Doencas Infecciosas Ctro B   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARMADILLOS; BRAZIL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 6344272634     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/0020-7349(2004)72<327:FPROTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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