Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (In-Tube) assay

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-417

  Parsons, Sven D C ^a   Gous, Tertius A ^b   Warren, Robin M ^a   De Villiers, Charon ^c   Seier, Jürgen V ^c   van Helden, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b Laboratory Diagnostician and Animal Health Consultant   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ELISA; ESAT 6 CFP 10; Interferon gamma release assay; Non human primate; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES; SIMIAE;

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MONKEY DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPIO URSINUS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 74049148180     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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