The effect of the tuberculin test and the consequences of a delay in blood culture on the sensitivity of a gamma-interferon assay for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-420

  Gormley, E ^a   Doyle, M B ^a   McGill, K ^a   Costello, E ^b   Good, M ^c   Collins, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Dublin Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^c Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma interferon; Mycobacterium bovis; SICTT; Tuberculin

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 8444220047     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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