Detection of Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) using a modified QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 330-334

  Parsons, Sven D C ^a   de Villiers, Charon ^b   Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C ^a   Warren, Robin M ^a   van Helden, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; Mycobacterium kansasii; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rhesus macaque; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUTHANASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MACACA MULATTA; MONKEY DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77958182569     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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