Evaluation of gamma interferon and antibody tuberculosis tests in alpacas

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1677-1683

  Rhodes, Shelley ^a   Holder, Tom ^a   Clifford, Derek ^a   Dexter, Ian ^a   Brewer, Jacky ^a   Smith, Noel ^a   Waring, Laura ^b   Crawshaw, Tim ^a   Gillgan, Steve ^a   Lyashchenko, Konstantin ^c   Lawrence, John ^d   Clarke, John ^e   De La Rua Domenech, Ricardo ^f   Vordermeier, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b AHVLA   (United Kingdom)

^c CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^d IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Enfer Scientific   (Ireland)

^f DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATERAL FLOW RAPID ANTIBODY TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84867245378     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00405-12     Document Type: Article

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