Publications

Watt N, Harkiss G, Hayton A, Clarke J, O'Brien A. Identify missed TB cattle with Enferplex. Vet Rec. 2019;185 23 :733. doi:10.1136/vr.l6904.

Toftaker I, Toft N, Stokstad M, Sølverød L, Harkiss G, Watt N, O' Brien A, Nødtvedt A.  Evaluation of a multiplex immunoassay for bovine respiratory syncytial virus and bovine coronavirus antibodies in bulk tank milk against two indirect ELISAs using latent class analysis.  Prev Vet Med. 2018 Jun 1;154:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Mar 14.

O'Brien A, Whelan C, Clarke JB, Hayton A, Watt NJ, Harkiss GD. Serological Analysis of Tuberculosis in Goats by Use of the Enferplex Caprine TB  Multiplex Test. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2017 Feb 6;24(2). pii: e00518-16. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00518-16. Print 2017 Feb.

Brüns AC, Tanner M, Williams MC, Botha L, O'Brien A, FosgateGT, van Helden PD, Clarke J, Michel AL. Diagnosis and Implications of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Banded Mongooses (Mungos Mungo) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. J Wildl Dis. 2017 Jan;53(1):19-29. doi: 10.7589/2015-11-318. Epub 2016 Oct 27.

Busch F, Bannerman F, Liggett S, Griffin F, Clarke J, Lyashchenko KP, Rhodes S.Control of bovine tuberculosis in a farmed red deer herd in England. Vet Rec. 2017 Jan 21;180(3):68. doi:10.1136/vr.103930. Epub 2017 Jan 18.

Aznar I, Frankena K, More SJ, Whelan C, Martin W, Gormley E, Corner LA, Murphy D, De Jong MC. Optimising and evaluating the characteristics of a multiple antigen ELISA for detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in a badger vaccine  field trial. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 1;9(7):e100139. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100139. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24983473; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4077709.

Casal C, Díez-Guerrier A, Álvarez J, Rodriguez-Campos S, Mateos A, Linscott R, Martel E, Lawrence JC, Whelan C, Clarke J, O'Brien A, Domínguez L, Aranaz A. Strategic use of serology for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis after intradermal skin testing. Vet Microbiol. 2014 Jun 4;170(3-4):342-51. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.036. Epub 2014 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 24679958.

Whelan C, Shuralev E, Kwok HF, Kenny K, Duignan A, Good M, Davis WC, Clarke J. Use of a multiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect a subpopulation of Mycobacterium bovis-infected animals deemed negative or inconclusive by the single intradermal comparative tuberculin skin test. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2011 May;23(3):499-503. doi: 10.1177/1040638711403410. PubMed PMID: 21908278.

Rhodes S, Holder T, Clifford D, Dexter I, Brewer J, Smith N, Waring L, Crawshaw T, Gillgan S, Lyashchenko K, Lawrence J, Clarke J, de la Rua-Domenech R, Vordermeier M. Evaluation of gamma interferon and antibody tuberculosis tests in  alpacas. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Oct;19(10):1677 83. Epub 2012 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 22914362; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3485894.

Shuralev E, Quinn P, Doyle M, Duignan A, Kwok HF, Bezos J, Olwill SA, Gormley E, Aranaz A, Good M, Davis WC, Clarke J, Whelan C. Application of the Enfer chemiluminescent multiplex ELISA system for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in goats. Vet Microbiol. 2012 Jan 27;154(3-4):292-7. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.07.028. Epub 2011 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 21862242.

Clegg TA, Duignan A, Whelan C, Gormley E, Good M, Clarke J, Toft N, More SJ. Using latent class analysis to estimate the test characteristics of the γ-interferon test, the single intradermal comparative tuberculin test and a multiplex immunoassay under Irish conditions. Vet Microbiol. 2011 Jul 5; 151(1-2):68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.027. Epub 2011 Feb 24. PubMed PMID: 21470800.

Whelan C, Whelan AO, Shuralev E, Kwok HF, Hewinson G, Clarke J, Vordermeier HM. Performance of the Enferplex TB assay with cattle in Great Britain and assessment of its suitability as a test to distinguish infected and vaccinated animals. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 May;17(5):813-7. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00489-09. Epub 2010 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 20219883; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2863378.

Whelan C, Shuralev E, O'Keeffe G, Hyland P, Kwok HF, Snoddy P, O'Brien A, Connolly M, Quinn P, Groll M, Watterson T, Call S, Kenny K, Duignan A, Hamilton MJ, Buddle BM, Johnston JA, Davis WC, Olwill SA, Clarke J. Multiplex immunoassay for serological diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Dec;15(12):1834-8. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00238-08. Epub 2008 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 18927068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2593169.