Blood-based assays to detect Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle missed by tuberculin skin testing

Vet Rec. 2008 Mar 22;162(12):382-4. doi: 10.1136/vr.162.12.382.

Authors

M Coad¹, S H Downs, P A Durr, R S Clifton-Hadley, R G Hewinson, H M Vordermeier, A O Whelan

Affiliation

¹ TB Research Group, Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Veterinary Laboratories Agency - Weybridge, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB.

PMID: 18359932
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.12.382

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
Female
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Immunologic Tests / methods
Immunologic Tests / standards
Immunologic Tests / veterinary*
Interferon-gamma / immunology
Male
Mustelidae / microbiology
Mycobacterium bovis / immunology*
Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tuberculin Test / methods
Tuberculin Test / standards
Tuberculin Test / veterinary*
Tuberculosis, Bovine / blood
Tuberculosis, Bovine / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Bovine / epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Bovine / transmission
United Kingdom / epidemiology

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Interferon-gamma