Epidemiological and serological survey of brucellosis in mongolia by ELISA using sarcosine extracts
Epidemiological and serological survey of brucellosis in mongolia by ELISA using sarcosine extracts
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03553.x
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Makino, S
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作者:
Erdenebaatar, J;Bayarsaikhan, B;Makino, S
Brucellosis is an important zoonosis, and serological surveillance is essential to its control. However, cross-reactions of attenuated live cells of Brucella abortus strain S-19 and B. melitensis strain Rev-1 with Yersinia enterocolitica 09 or vaccinated animal sera interfere with accurate serological diagnosis by the Rose Bengal test (RBT). Therefore, we used ELISA with sarcosine extracts from the virulent B. abortus strain 544 to eliminate false-positives among RBT positive-sera. A total of 697 serum samples were collected in Mongolia from humans and animals in 23 nomadic herds. The herds were classified into three groups as brucellosis-endemic (BE), brucellosis-suspected (BS), or Brucella-vaccinated (BV). The number of 295 animals (43.0%) was positive by RBT, but 206 (69.8%) of these were positive according to ELISA; therefore, 30.2% of the RBT-positive sera were found to be false positives. The false positive samples for RTB represent 4.1%, 27.4%, and 68.2% of the animals from the BE, BS, and BV herds, respectively. In addition, 32% of RBT-positive human sera were also false positives. Thus, our ELISA would be more specific than RTB and useful for epidemiological surveillance for brucellosis.