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| Lilenbaum,Walter; Ferreira,Rachel; Marassi,Carla Dray; Ristow,Paula; Oelemann,Walter Martins Roland; Fonseca,Leila de Souza. |
| Forty-four cows from five herds infected with tuberculosis (TB) and without paratuberculosis (PTB), and 21 cows from a herd without either infection were studied. The cattle presented concordant results in both the skin test and gamma-interferon assay for TB and two commercial ELISAs for PTB. Animals were divided according to TB test results into Group A with 28 TB-infected animals, Group B with 16 TB-negative animals from infected herds, and Group C with 21 TB-negative cows from a tuberculosis-free herd (which were used as controls). Twenty of 28 animals from Group A (71.4%), 6/16 from Group B (37.5%) and none from Group C were reactive to PTB ELISAs, suggesting that these commercial kits were unable to distinguish between PTB and TB. It is proposed that... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Paratuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000300016 |
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| Medeiros,Luciana dos Santos; Marassi,Carla Dray; Figueiredo,Eduardo Eustáquio S.; Lilenbaum,Walter. |
| 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:... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bovine Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Diagnosis. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000300002 |
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| Marassi,Carla Dray; Fonseca,Leila de Souza; Ristow,Paula; Ferreira,Rachel; Lilenbaum,Walter; Oelemann,Walter M.R.. |
| Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a chronic enteritis in cattle caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map). In Brazil, few reports describe the isolation of the organism. The gold standard test for Map is its isolation from tissues or feces. Moreover, bacterial growth is slow and test results are available only after three to five months of incubation Furthermore, shedding of bacilli at levels detectable by fecal culture is irregular and does not occur during the early stages of infection, which compromises the sensitivity of this methodology. The most common immunological tests to identify Map infection are complement fixation test (CFT), agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA). In Brazil,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Paratuberculosis; Cattle; ELISA; Serology; Diagnosis. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822005000200004 |
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