Open AccessA polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay based approach for diagnosis and differentiation between vaccinated and infected cattle with Mycobacterium bovis
Author(s) -
Mohamed I. El Sabry,
Ahmed Elkerdasy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.126584
Subject(s) - mycobacterium bovis , tuberculin , polymerase chain reaction , vaccination , tuberculosis , medicine , immunology , mycobacterium , virology , lymph , mycobacterium tuberculosis , biology , pathology , gene , biochemistry
In most African and Arabic countries tuberculosis (TB) causes great economic losses in bovine species and constitutes serious zoonotic problem. As the traditional diagnostic method delay the research because of low sensitivity and specificity, a rapid method of diagnosis is of outmost importance.