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Immunogenicity of<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>RD1 region gene products in infected cattle
19 Sept 2002
Abstract excerpt
Current immuno-diagnostic tests for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle rely on the use of tuberculin PPD as antigens. However, the use of a cattle vaccine is effectively prohibited because BCG, the only potentially available cattle TB vaccine, compromises the current tuberculin test. The main objective of this study was to identify specific antigens, which could increase the test sensitivity...
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