We compared the response induced by QuantiFERON-TB Gold antigens to that obtained with the Intradermal Comparative Tuberculin Test and BOVIGAM assay. Our results showed that the QuantiFERON-TB Gold technique used in humans could also be applied for the diagnosis of TB infection in cattle.

Preliminary data of different methods for the indirect diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection / Molicotti, Paola; Bua, Alessandra; Cannas, Sara; Ruggeri, Melania; Mura, Antonio; Zanetti, Stefania Anna Lucia. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - (2011).

Preliminary data of different methods for the indirect diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection

MOLICOTTI, Paola;BUA, Alessandra;CANNAS, Sara;RUGGERI, Melania;ZANETTI, Stefania Anna Lucia
2011-01-01

Abstract

We compared the response induced by QuantiFERON-TB Gold antigens to that obtained with the Intradermal Comparative Tuberculin Test and BOVIGAM assay. Our results showed that the QuantiFERON-TB Gold technique used in humans could also be applied for the diagnosis of TB infection in cattle.
2011
Esperti anonimi
Tuberculosis, M. bovis, QuantiFERON, BOVIGAM, ICTT
Molicotti, Paola; Bua, Alessandra; Cannas, Sara; Ruggeri, Melania; Mura, Antonio; Zanetti, Stefania Anna Lucia
Preliminary data of different methods for the indirect diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection / Molicotti, Paola; Bua, Alessandra; Cannas, Sara; Ruggeri, Melania; Mura, Antonio; Zanetti, Stefania Anna Lucia. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - (2011).
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