Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Preliminary data of different methods for the indirect diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection.
- Journal:
- The new microbiologica
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Molicotti, Paola et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Sassari
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.
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