Performance of the enferplex TB assay with cattle in Great Britain and assessment of its suitability as a test to distinguish infected and vaccinated animals

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 813-817

  Whelan, Clare ^a   Whelan, Adam O ^b   Shuralev, Eduard ^a   Kwok, Hang Fai ^c   Hewinson, Glyn ^b   Clarke, John ^a   Vordermeier, H Martin ^b  

^a Enfer Scientific   (Ireland)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c FUSION ANTIBODIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 77951999170     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00489-09     Document Type: Article

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