Evaluation of adenosine deaminase seric activity in the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

Determination of seric levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme produced by monocytes/macrophages and lymphocytes, has been used in the diagnosis of human tuberculosis (TB). In the present study, ADA seric activity was evaluated comparatively to the comparative tuberculin test in the diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Márcio Roberto Silva, Pedro Moacyr Pinto Coelho Mota, Ricardo de Miranda Henriques Leite, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Rômulo Cerqueira Leite, Andrey Pereira Lage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000400008