An alternative for the preadsorption step in the paratuberculosis serodiagnosis: Mycobacterium fortuitum Mycobacterium fortuitum: uma alternativa para a etapa de pré-adsorção no sorodiagnóstico da paratuberculose

ELISAs for paratuberculosis employ a preadsorption step with Mycobacterium phlei to diminish unspecific reactions As M. fortuitum is one of the most frequent environmental mycobacteria, the purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate its use as an alternative for the preadsorption in ELISAs for para...

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Main Authors: Carla Dray Marassi, Marley Silva, Walter Martin Roland Oelemann, Leila de Souza Fonseca, Paula Ristow, Walter Lilenbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000300019