Diagnosis of brucellosis in livestock and wildlife

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Godfroid, Jacques ^a   Nielsen, Klaus ^b   Saegerman, Claude ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BRUCELLA VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HOST RANGE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVESTOCK; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; STAINING; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78049417760     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.296     Document Type: Review

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