The use of a Gamma-Interferon assay to confirm a diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-201

  Marassi, Carla D ^a   Medeiros, Luciana ^a   Lilenbaum, Walter ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diagnostic; IFN assay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

BIOASSAY; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; INOCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GAMMA INTERFERON ASSAY; HERD; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DAIRYING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 74249103043     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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