Prevalence-dependent use of serological tests for diagnosing glanders in horses

BACKGROUND: The internationally mandatory complement fixation test (CFT) for testing of equine sera for the absence of glanders has repeatedly led to discrepant results. Not only do "false positive" sera pose a problem for the diagnostician and the animal health authorities but they can al...

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Main Authors: Sprague, Lisa D, Zachariah, Reena, Neubauer, Heinrich, Wernery, Renate, Joseph, Maria, Scholz, Holger C, Wernery, Ulrich
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2745380/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19723336
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-5-32
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