Estimation of the Relative Sensitivity of the Comparative Tuberculin Skin Test in Tuberculous Cattle Herds Subjected to Depopulation

Katerina Karolemeas; Ricardo de la Rua-Domenech; Roderick Cooper; Anthony V. Goodchild; Richard S. Clifton-Hadley; Andrew J. K. Conlan; Andrew P. Mitchell; R. Glyn Hewinson; Christl A. Donnelly; James L. N. Wood; Trevelyan J. McKinley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043217

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Estimation of the Relative Sensitivity of the Comparative Tuberculin Skin Test in Tuberculous Cattle Herds Subjected to Depopulation

Katerina Karolemeas,

Affiliation Disease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ricardo de la Rua-Domenech,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Bovine Tuberculosis Programme of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, United Kingdom
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Roderick Cooper,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, West Midlands Regional Office, Stafford, United Kingdom
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Anthony V. Goodchild,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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Richard S. Clifton-Hadley,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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Andrew J. K. Conlan,

Affiliation Disease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Andrew P. Mitchell,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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R. Glyn Hewinson,

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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Christl A. Donnelly,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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James L. N. Wood,

Affiliation Disease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Trevelyan J. McKinley

* E-mail: tjm44@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Disease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Estimation of the Relative Sensitivity of the Comparative Tuberculin Skin Test in Tuberculous Cattle Herds Subjected to Depopulation

Katerina Karolemeas,
Ricardo de la Rua-Domenech,
Roderick Cooper,
Anthony V. Goodchild,
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley,
Andrew J. K. Conlan,
Andrew P. Mitchell,
R. Glyn Hewinson,
Christl A. Donnelly,
James L. N. Wood

Published: August 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043217

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