Evaluation of two cocktails containing ESAT-6, CFP-10 and Rv-3615c in the intradermal test and the interferon-γ assay for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Casal, C ^a   Bezos, J ^a   Diez Guerrier A ^a   Alvarez J ^b   Romero, B ^a   de Juan, L ^a   Rodriguez Campos, S ^a   Vordermeier, M ^c   Whelan, A ^c   Hewinson, R G ^c   Mateos, A ^a   Dominguez L ^a   Aranaz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; IFN assay; Intradermal test; Specific antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 84860232591     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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