Facts and dilemmas in diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-285

  Maas, M ^a,b   Michel, A L ^c   Rutten, V P M G ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Diagnostic assays; Mycobacterium bovis; Review; Test validation

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CERTIFICATION; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COW; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RISK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 84878896534     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.010     Document Type: Review

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