The Impact of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin Vaccination and Mycobacterium bovis Infection on Diagnostic Antibody Tests for Mycobacterial Infections
Caution should be taken when assessing results from serology tests for bTB if tuberculin skin testing has occurred shortly before collection of blood from BCG-vaccinated cattle. Furthermore, these results highlight the potential for misdiagnosis of MAP infection when using serology tests in bTB-infected cattle.
Authors
- Gareth J. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5539-3214)
- Nicholas A. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-2551)
- Thomas M. Holder
Institutions
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccines
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13060578
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79
Funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government