TABLE 2.
Antigen recognition by serum antibodies of cervids infected with M. bovis as determined by MAPIA
Antigen | No. of antibody reactorsa (n = 10)
|
|
---|---|---|
Pre-skin testing | Post-skin testing | |
ESAT-6 | 7 | 8 |
CFP10 | 6 | 7 |
MPB64 | 2 | 2 |
MPB59 | 3 | 4 |
MPB70 | 6 | 7 |
MPB83 | 9 | 10 |
Acr1 | 0 | 0 |
38-kDa protein | 3 | 4 |
CFP10/ESAT-6 | 8 | 9 |
Acr1/MPB83 | 7 | 9 |
Values indicate the maximal rates of antigen recognition among infected animals as measured before and after CCT performed at 184 days p.i.