Evaluation of the CervidTB STAT-PAK for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild deer in Great Britain

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1449-1452

  Gowtage Sequeira, S ^a   Paterson, A ^b   Lyashchenko, K P ^c   Lesellier, S ^c   Chambers, M A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b TB Programme   (United Kingdom)

^c CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; DAMA DAMA; DEER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAT PAK TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; DEER; GREAT BRITAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349657152     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00178-09     Document Type: Article

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