2015
DOI: 10.1186/s13620-016-0069-2
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Assessment of an ELISA method to support surveillance of bovine tuberculosis in Albania

Abstract: BackgroundBovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important bacterial infectious disease in Albania of concern to animal and human health; its prevalence is poorly documented.MethodsIn this longitudinal study, we tested by ELISA 2661 serum samples, from 154 herds, with the aim of establishing the suitability of this approach to screen the bovine population for bTB. In a follow-on survey of 87 animals in three villages, we assessed the usefulness of the Mycobacterium bovis IDEXX ELISA (IDEXX M. bovis Antibody (Ab) Test… Show more

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“…On the other hand, the parallel strategy CCT + ELISA, would result in an increase on the proportion of herds infected by 60% and at animal level the increase of positive animals by 5.5%, these results are compatible with previous studies (17,25,36). Thus, the parallel interpretation of the diagnostic techniques that detect cellular and humoral immune response although can be recommended as supplemental test to detect false negative TST animals (17,25,33,34,36) should be considered according the local circumstances.…”
Section: Prevalence Of Tuberculin Skin Test X Elisa For the Diagnosissupporting
confidence: 82%
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“…On the other hand, the parallel strategy CCT + ELISA, would result in an increase on the proportion of herds infected by 60% and at animal level the increase of positive animals by 5.5%, these results are compatible with previous studies (17,25,36). Thus, the parallel interpretation of the diagnostic techniques that detect cellular and humoral immune response although can be recommended as supplemental test to detect false negative TST animals (17,25,33,34,36) should be considered according the local circumstances.…”
Section: Prevalence Of Tuberculin Skin Test X Elisa For the Diagnosissupporting
confidence: 82%
“…On the other hand, in this study six animals' (1.50%) reactors on the SCT test were positive on ELISA IDEXX™, which differ from another study where no agreement was found between SCT testing and ELISA IDEXX™ (33). The lack of or low agreement between the positive results of the two tests may re ect different elements of the immune response (humoral and cell-mediated immunity) (33,34). The detection of CMI response to infection with M. bovis, as assessed by the TST usually fail to detect chronic stages of the infection (26,29,35).…”
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“…Traditional culture and PM examination methods are the current procedures for TB detection and control. Several studies on camel TB have been conducted in several countries, including Egypt, confirming the occurrence of TB in camel populations [19,20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…No overlap was found between the 22 animals with a positive ELISA IDEXX™ and the two animals with positive CCT test results, which compared to similar findings of other studies [33][34][35]. However, in this study six animals (1.50%) reactors on the SCT test were positive on ELISA IDEXX™, which differ from a previous study where no agreement was found between SCT testing and ELISA IDEXX™ [34]. The lack of, or low agreement between, the positive results of the two tests may reflect different elements of the immune response (humoral and cell-mediated immunity) [34,35].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%