A study on the analytical sensitivity of 6 BSE tests used by the Canadian BSE reference laboratory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gray, John G ^a   Dudas, Sandor ^a   Czub, Stefanie ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANADA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

PRION PROTEIN; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PRPSC PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 79952584078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017633     Document Type: Article

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