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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
País: | Brazil
Título: | Potential application of new diagnostic methods for controlling bovine Tuberculosis in Brazil
Autores: | Medeiros,Luciana dos Santos; Marassi,Carla Dray; Figueiredo,Eduardo Eustáquio S.; Lilenbaum,Walter.
Data: | 2010-10-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Bovine Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Diagnosis.
Resumo: | Bovine tuberculosis, a chronic infection in cattle caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains an economic and public health problem for several countries. Due to its economic impact on international trade, contagious nature, and implications for human health, global programs to eradicate the disease were implemented worldwide. Those programs are based on slaughtering PPD-reactive animals. Despite the National Programs in Brazil, complete eradication has not been achieved, and the disease remains, albeit at a lower prevalence. The central purpose of this review is to address diagnostic tests for tuberculosis. Considering the course of the infection in cattle, at least two tests, ideally complementary to one another, may be necessary for an adequate diagnosis: the first based on the cellular response, and the second capable of identifying anergic animals by detection of specific anti-M.bovis antibodies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000300002
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1517-83822010005000002
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.41 n.3 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess