Evaluation of specificity of tuberculosis diagnostic assays in caprine flocks under different epidemiological situations

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 636-640

  Bezos, Javier ^a   Álvarez, Julio ^b   Mínguez, Olga ^c   Marqués, Sergio ^c   Martín, Olegario ^c   Vigo, Virginia ^d   Pieltain, Carmen ^d   Romero, Beatriz ^a   Rodríguez, Sabrina ^a   Casal, Carmen ^a   Mateos, Ana ^a   Domínguez, Lucas ^a   De Juan, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

^c Servicio de Programas de Salud y Prevención de la Dirección Técnica de Recursos Humanos y Gestión de Centros Gerencia de Servicios Sociales   (Spain)

^d Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Goat; Paratuberculosis vaccination; Pseudotuberculosis; Test specificity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84863092892     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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