Objective A high incidence of bovine tuberculosis is a major impediment to the agricultural economies of many developing countries, including Latin America. This disease, which persists at lower incidences in Europe, can infect man and is a serious threat especially where AIDS is prevalent. Current methods to eradicate bovine tuberculosis use skin tests with crude antigens which lack specificity and cannot differentiate non-symptomatic cases from those with severe diseases (which spread infection). The present project will identify new antigens for use in better tests with defined applications as required in regions of different disease incidence. The tests will be optimised for field situations in Latin America (high incidence)and Europe (low incidence). Ultimately, antigens which are recognised by cattle with different levels of disease will be identified for use in efficient disease control programmes. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusesHIVmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinepneumologytuberculosisagricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST Address Stoney road , stormont BT4 3SD Belfast United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Argentina EU contribution € 0,00 Address Los reseros y las cabanias 1708 Moron See on map STATENS SERUM INSTITUT Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5,artillerivej 5 2300 Koepenhagen See on map UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO Mexico EU contribution € 0,00 Address 04510 Mexico d.f. See on map
