The stability of human, bovine and avian tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD)

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 781-785

  Maes, Mailis ^a   Giménez, José Francisco ^b   D'Alessandro, Adriana ^a   de Waard, Jacobus H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b Decanato de Ciencias Veterinario Universidad Centrooccidente Lisandro Alvarez (UCLA)   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Potency; Stability; Tuberculin PPD

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 82055184113     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1689     Document Type: Article

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