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Exploring the Fate of Cattle Herds With Inconclusive Reactors to the Tuberculin Skin Test [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test, which compares immunological ...
Lucy A. Brunton, Alison Prosser, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Sara H. Downs   +4 more
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Tuberculin PPD Potency Assays in Naturally Infected Tuberculous Cattle as a Quality Control Measure in the Irish Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
The Irish Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme operates under national legislation and fulfills OIE and EU trade requirements. Tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD), a preparation obtained from the heat-treated products of growth and ...
Anthony Duignan, Kevin Kenny, Douwe Bakker, Margaret Good   +3 more
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Optimization of a molecularly defined tuberculin formulation: recombinant fusion proteins and epitope surgery [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Bovine tuberculosis is an infectious livestock disease of global economic and zoonotic importance. Surveillance programs are largely dependent on the skin test that utilizes purified protein derivatives (PPDs) of tuberculin.
Sonya Middleton, Mahavir Singh, Michael Coad, Si Palmer, Tom Holder, Sabine Steinbach, Rebecca Hardiman, H. Martin Vordermeier, Gareth J. Jones   +8 more
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Development and evaluation of a formaldehyde-stabilized tuberculin as a safe and potent alternative to phenol-based purified protein derivative for the diagnosis of animal tuberculosis [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant zoonotic threat to livestock and public health, resulting in major economic losses.
Kairat Turgenbayev, Assiya Borsynbayeva, Amanbek Ozatbekuly, Sairan Dyusenov, Anarbek Tlepov, Rauan Turgenbayev   +5 more
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Diagnostic accuracy and safety of Diaskintest® compared with the tuberculin skin test for detecting tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated Brazilian adults [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundEvidence on the accuracy and safety of the ESAT-6/CFP-10–based Diaskintest® in BCG-vaccinated populations outside Eastern Europe remains limited.
Afrânio Kritski, Carla Conceição, Martha Oliveira, Martha Oliveira, Ana Paula Razal Dalvi, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Adriana Rezende Moreira, Adriana Rezende Moreira, Aline Lopes, Rogerio Ruffino, Luciana Rodrigues, Eliene Mesquita, Sergian Vianna Cardozo, Maria Jose Fernandes Pereira, Sumire Sakabe, Anete Trajman, Marcela Bhering, Marcela Bhering   +19 more
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Perspectives on the History of Bovine TB and the Role of Tuberculin in Bovine TB Eradication [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine International, 2011
Tuberculosis remains a significant disease of animals and humans worldwide. Bovine tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacteria with an extremely wide host range and serious, although currently probably underdiagnosed, zoonotic potential.
Margaret Good, Anthony Duignan
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Analysis Factor Associated Tuberculin Test in Children Contact Tuberculosis History [PDF]

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2014
Tuberculosis in children can not be separated from the history of contact with smear-positive tuberculosis patients as a source of infection. The aims of this study was to identify and analyze the risks tuberculin test results among children who had ...
Tika Triharinni, Muhammad Atoillah Isvandiari   +1 more
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Pathomorphological changes in the organs of the peripheral immune system in mycobacteriosis of cattle

Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023
Conducting routine allergy tests of cattle with a simultaneous sample in TB-prone farms is necessary to confirm the stage of the epizootic process. The purpose of the research – to explore the pathomorphological changes in cows upon detection of para ...
Volodymyr Busol, Petro Boiko, Michał Bednarski, Viktor Shevchuk, Valery Mazur   +4 more
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Genomic pattern analysis of Burkholderia mallei field isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) discriminatory typing

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2021
Background and Objectives: Glanders is a serious zoonotic disease caused by Burkholderia mallei. Prevention, control, and treatment strategies of glanders are prerequisites for microbial source tracking. The present study was aimed to analyze the genomic
Shojaat Dashtipour, Keyvan Tadayon, Sajjad Yazdansetad, Nader Mosavari, Rouhollah Keshavarz   +4 more
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Changes in Tuberculin Skin Test Positivity Over 20 Years in Periurban Shantytowns in Lima, Peru [PDF]

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013
Leonardo Martínez, Alyssa Arman, Nathan Haveman, Ashley D. Lundgren, Lilia Cabrera, Carlton A. Evans, Tom F. Pelly, Mayuko Saito, David Callacondo, Richard A. Oberhelman, Gisela Collazo, Andrés M. Carnero, Robert H. Gilman   +12 more
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