Test performance data demonstrates utility of a cattle DIVA skin test reagent (DST-F) compatible with BCG vaccination

Test performance data demonstrates utility of a cattle DIVA skin test reagent (DST-F) compatible with BCG vaccination

Abstract Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), is the lead candidate vaccine for control of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle. However, BCG vaccination sensitises cattle to bovine tuberculin, thus compromising the use of the current bovine TB survei...

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Main Authors: Gareth J. Jones, Timm Konold, Shellene Hurley, Tom Holder, Sabine Steinbach, Mick Coad, D. Neil Wedlock, Bryce M. Buddle, Mahavir Singh, H. Martin Vordermeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16092-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16092-8

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