A fluorescence polarization assay for the detection of antibodies to Mycobacterium bovis in cattle sera.
Vet Microbiol
; 87(2): 149-57, 2002 Jun 20.
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| ID: mdl-12034543
ABSTRACT
A fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) utilizing fluorescein-labelled MPB70 protein as the antigen was developed and evaluated for its ability to detect antibodies to Mycobacterium bovis in cattle sera. Three panels of sera were examined in this study. These included (A) sera (n=28) obtained from cattle from which M. bovis was cultured; (B) sera (n=5666) from Canadian field cattle which were presumed to be free from M. bovis; (C) sera (n=10) from cattle infected with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and known to contain antibodies to this organism. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of the results of panels A and B yielded an area under the curve value of 0.975 (95% confidence interval=0.971-0.979), which indicated that this FPA is an accurate indicator of M. bovis infection. At the cut-off point recommended by the ROC curve analysis, the FPA sensitivity and specificity estimates were 92.9% (95% confidence interval=76.5-98.9%) and 98.3% (95% confidence interval=97.9-98.6%) respectively. The FPA results were compared to the results of the single intradermal (SID) test for the 28 infected cattle. Fifteen of these animals were scored positive with the SID test (sensitivity=53.6%). The FPA detected 15/15 (100%) of the SID test-positive animals and 11/13 (84.6%) of the SID test-negative animals. Two of the culture-positive cattle were not detected by either test. None of the sera that were obtained from the M. paratuberculosis-infected animals cross-reacted in this assay.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Bovine
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Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay
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Antibodies, Bacterial
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Mycobacterium bovis
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Antigens, Bacterial
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Vet Microbiol
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article