Detectability of bovine TB using the tuberculin skin test does not vary significantly according to pathogen genotype within Northern Ireland

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-22

  Wright, David M ^a   Allen, Adrian R ^b   Mallon, Thomas R ^b   McDowell, Stanley W J ^b   Bishop, Stephen C ^c   Glass, Elizabeth J ^c   Bermingham, Mairead L ^c   Woolliams, John A ^c   Skuce, Robin A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Detectability; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GOVERNMENT; HOST RANGE; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DETECTABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84880256972     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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