Serum Feline Pancreatic Lipase Immunoreactivity Concentration and Seroprevalences of Antibodies Against Toxoplasma Gondii and Bartonella Species in Client-Owned Cats

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 663-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle B. Bayliss ◽  
Jörg M. Steiner ◽  
Jan S. Sucholdolski ◽  
Steven V. Radecki ◽  
Melissa M. Brewer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Pancreatic Lipase ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Bartonella Species ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Ig G

Feline pancreatitis is a commonly suspected illness and it has been proposed that some cases of feline pancreatitis may be caused by infection with Toxoplasma gondii or Bartonella species. Feline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (fPLI) is a test performed on serum that is commonly combined with other clinical findings as an indirect aid in the diagnosis of pancreatitis. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are associations between fPLI concentration and the presence of serum antibodies against T gondii or Bartonella species. Serum samples from 458 cats, for which serum fPLI concentrations had already been determined, were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of T gondii immunoglobulin (Ig) G (IgG) and IgM antibodies, and Bartonella species IgG antibodies. The association between fPLI concentration and T gondii or Bartonella species antibodies was determined. No statistically significant association was found between fPLI concentration and T gondii or Bartonella species antibodies, suggesting that serological tests for the organisms are not useful in cases with increased fPLI concentration.

scholarly journals An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of IgG antibodies against Babesia equi in horses

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1525-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane Divan Baldani ◽  
Rosangela Zacarias Machado ◽  
Paulo de Tarso Landgraf Botteon ◽  
Felipe Santoro Takakura ◽  
Carlos Luiz Massard
Keyword(s):  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Serological Test ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Babesia Equi ◽  
Specificity And Sensitivity

A crude antigenic preparation of Babesia equi was used to develop and establish the suitability of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of parasite carriers. Optimal dilutions of the antigen, using positive and negative reference sera, were determined by checkboard titrations. The specificity and sensitivity of the ELISA were 100 %. A total of 90 serum samples were taken from horses from the Northeast region of São Paulo State and examined for diagnosis of equine B. equi infection by ELISA. Approximately 75% (n=67) of all the horses tested were found serologically positive for B. equi. These results suggest that the ELISA described may prove to be an appropriate serological test for epidemiological studies on B. equi infections in the field and that equine piroplasmosis is a cause for serious concern in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Comparison of indirect haemagglutination test, gel-diffusion precipitin test, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of serum antibodies to Pasteurella multocida in naturally and experimentally infected rabbits

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiichi Kawamoto ◽  
Takuo Sawada ◽  
Toru Sato ◽  
Kiyoshi Suzuki ◽  
Tsutomu Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Pasteurella Multocida ◽  
Rabbit Serum ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Post Inoculation ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Indirect Haemagglutination ◽  
Precipitin Test ◽  
Gel Diffusion

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), gel-diffusion precipitin test (GDPT), and indirect haem agglutination test (IHAT) were evaluated for the detection of antibodies to Pasteurella multocida in both naturally and experimentally infected rabbits. A total of 285 rabbit serum samples from 7 rabbit colonies were tested by ELISA, GDPT, and IHAT, and nasal cultures were taken coincidentally to use as the standard in the serological tests. There was better correlation (98.0%) between the results of ELISA and positive nasal culture than between the GDPT (86.3%) or IHAT (23.5%) and positive nasal culture. In addition, ELISA and GDPT were positive in 26 (11.1%) and 21 (9.0%) of 234 serum samples from nasal culture negative rabbits, respectively. In experimentally infected rabbits, antibodies detected by the ELISA and GDPT began to rise one to 3 weeks post-inoculation. IHAT did not detect antibodies. These results are discussed in terms of value to serodiagnosis of rabbit pasteurellosis.

scholarly journals Diagnostic-test evaluation of immunoassays for anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in a random sample of Mexican population

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (05) ◽  
pp. 642-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heriberto Caballero-Ortega ◽  
Rocío Castillo-Cruz ◽  
Sandra Murieta ◽  
Luz Belinda Ortíz-Alegría ◽  
Esther Calderón-Segura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Western Blot ◽  
Latin American ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Reference Standards ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Western Blots ◽  
Open Population

Introduction: There are few articles on evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii serological tests. Besides, commercially available tests are not always useful and are expensive for studies in open population. The aim of this study was to evaluate in-house ELISA and western blot for IgG antibodies in a representative sample of people living in Mexico. Methodology: Three hundred and five serum samples were randomly selected from two national seroepidemiological survey banks; they were taken from men and women of all ages and from all areas of the country. ELISA cut-off was established using the mean plus three standard deviations of negative samples. Western blots were analysed by two experienced technicians and positivity was established according to the presence of at least three diagnostic bands. A commercial ELISA kit was used as a third test. Two reference standards were built up: one using concordant results of two assays leaving the evaluated test out and the other in which the evaluated test was included (IN) with at least two concordant results to define diagnosis. Results: the lowest values of diagnostic parameters were obtained with the OUT reference standards: in-house ELISA had 96.9% sensitivity, 62.1% specificity, 49.6% PPV, 98.1% NPV and 71.8% accuracy, while western blot presented 81.8%, 89.7%, 84.0%, 88.2% and 86.6% values and the best kappa coefficient (0.72-0.82). Conclusions: The in-house ELISA is useful for screening people of Mexico, due to its high sensitivity, while western blot may be used to confirm diagnosis. These techniques might prove useful in other Latin American countries.

scholarly journals Utility of Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus Recombinant Hemagglutinin Protein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Serosurveillance

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1481-1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Arankalle ◽  
R. G. Virkar ◽  
B. V. Tandale ◽  
N. B. Ingle
Keyword(s):  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Pandemic H1n1 ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Hemagglutinin Protein ◽  
Virus Recombinant ◽  
Recombinant Hemagglutinin ◽  
Pandemic H1n1 2009

ABSTRACT An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgG antibodies against the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus, employing a recombinant hemagglutinin protein of the virus, was compared to the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test using 783 serum samples. The results showed a concordance of 98.4%, suggesting the utility of the ELISA in serosurveillance. Two hundred sixty-nine (100%) serum samples with an HI titer of ≥20 were ELISA reactive.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in aborted goats in Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Karthika ◽  
K. Devada ◽  
Bindu Lakshmanan ◽  
K. Syamala ◽  
K. Vijayakumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Small Holder ◽  
Grazing Behaviour

Toxoplasmosis, is a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitic infection prevalent throughout the world affecting all warm blooded animals and man. A total of 72 serum samples from goats belonging to the organised, unorganised and small holder farms that had aborted recently or had a history of abortion were collected from the central districts of Kerala viz., Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam. The samples were subjected to indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgG antibodies of Toxoplasma gondii. Factors predisposing to the prevalence of infection such as age, grazing behaviour and stage of gestation were also taken into account during the study. Out of 72 serum samples examined, 31(43 per cent) were negative, 13 (18 per cent) were weakly positive and 28 (38.88 per cent) were highly positive. A higher prevalence was noticed in goats above four years of age, in those with regular grazing behaviour and in those that had aborted in the second stage of gestation. District-wise prevalence revealed relatively higher prevalence in Ernakulam district (62.5 per cent) compared to Thrissur (56.09 per cent) and Palakkad (53.33 per cent), even though the difference was not statistically significant.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of mycoplasmosis in broiler, layer, and native chickens in Giza, Egypt

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254220
Author(s):  
Saeed El-Ashram ◽  
Mahmoud E. Hashad ◽  
G. A. Abdel-Alim ◽  
Taher Abdelhamid ◽  
Heba N. Deif
Keyword(s):  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Hemagglutination Inhibition ◽  
Serological Test ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Passive Hemagglutination ◽  
Positive Serum ◽  
Commercial Kits ◽  
Elisa Data

We aimed to investigate Mycoplasma infections among chicken flocks (Ross, Lohmann and native) in Giza, Egypt, using serological tests, including the slide plate agglutination (SPA) test, hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The slide plate agglutination examination, a serological test, indicated the prevalence of Mg and Ms infections of 10.9% and 13.2%, respectively. On 91 SPA test positive serum samples for either Mg or Ms, a passive hemagglutination/hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test was performed. The SPA and HI test findings were found to be comparable. On 90 SPA test positive samples, an ELISA was performed using commercial kits for Mg and Ms serodiagnosis. According to the ELISA data, only 83.33% and 18.88% of SPA test positive samples were confirmed as positive for Ms and Mg infections, respectively. The prevalence increased to 84.44% and 77.77%, respectively, when suspected samples were deemed positive.

scholarly journals Fluorescence polarization assay, competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA-C) and indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of brucellosis in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 1621-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lília Márcia Silva Paulin ◽  
Luis Ernesto Samartino ◽  
Sandra Beatriz Conde ◽  
Igor Stefan Poppovic Federsoni ◽  
Fernando Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Fluorescence Polarization ◽  
Relative Sensitivity ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Relative Specificity ◽  
Fluorescence Polarization Assay ◽  
Kappa Agreement

The objective of the present study was to compare the performance of three serological tests for diagnosis of Brucella abortus infections in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Serum samples collected from 696 adult females were submitted to the competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA-C), (I-ELISA), fluorescence polarization test (FPA), 2-mercaptoethanol test (2-ME) and complement fixation test (CFT). The gold standard was the combination of CFT and 2-ME, considering as positive the reactors in both CFT and 2-ME, and as negative those non-reactors. ROC analyses were done for C-ELISA, I-ELISA and FPA and the Kappa agreement index were also calculated. The best combinations of relative sensitivity (SEr) and relative specificity (SPr) and Kappa were given by C-ELISA (96.9%, 99.1%, and 0.932, respectively) and FPA (92.2%, 97.6 and 0.836, respectively). The C-ELISA and FPA were the most promising confirmatory tests for the serological diagnosis of brucellosis in buffaloes, and for these tests, cut-off values for buffaloes may be the same as those used for bovines.

scholarly journals  Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum antibodies in goats in the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bartova ◽  
K. Sedlak
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Competitive Inhibition ◽  
Neospora Caninum ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Serum Antibodies ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
The Czech Republic

Toxoplasma gondii is zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes infections in many vertebrate species. The present study determined the seroprevalence of T. gondii and N. caninum in goats from the Czech Republic. Serum samples were collected from 251 healthy adult goats in the Czech Republic during the years 2006 to 2009. Sera samples were tested for serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with cut off equal to or higher than 50% S/P. The same samples were tested for serum antibodies to Neospora caninum by a competitive-inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with cut off equal to or higher than 30% inhibition; positive sera were confirmed by an indirect fluorescent antibody test with cut-off titre equal to or higher than 40. Sera positive in both tests were marked as positive. In total, 166 (66%) and 15 (6%) goat sera reacted positively for T. gondii and N. caninum antibodies, respectively. All sera positive for N. caninum antibodies were simultaneously positive for T. gondii antibodies. This is the first detection of N. caninum antibodies in goats in the Czech Republic. Our findings indicate that goats in the Czech Republic are frequently exposed to T. gondii, but less frequently to N. caninum.  

scholarly journals Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii SAG2 Expressed in Insect Cells by Recombinant Baculovirus and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1343-1347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Huang ◽  
Xuenan Xuan ◽  
Hiroshi Suzuki ◽  
Chihiro Sugimoto ◽  
Hideyuki Nagasawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Insect Cells ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Recombinant Baculovirus ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Conformational Structure ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Weak Reaction ◽  
Diagnostic Potential

ABSTRACT A baculovirus carrying the SAG2 gene of Toxoplasma gondii was constructed, and recombinant SAG2 protein (S-rSAG2) was expressed in insect cells. S-rSAG2 was recognized by sera from cats and pigs infected with T. gondii. Mice immunized with S-rSAG2 produced high titers of specific immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) and IgG1 antibodies. In an indirect fluorescent antibody test, all mouse antisera against S-rSAG2 reacted strongly to the natural parasites, but those against rSAG2 expressed in Escherichia coli (E-rSAG2) only showed very weak reaction, although no markedly difference was found in the reaction to denatured antigen, T. gondii lysate, in Western blot analysis. The results suggest that S-rSAG2 is better than E-rSAG2 in both antigenicity and immunogenicity. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with S-rSAG2 could differentiate clearly between sera from 30 specific-pathogen-free cats and 4 experimentally infected cats. Serum samples from domestic cats in Japan were tested by the ELISA and compared with a latex agglutination test (LAT) and ELISA with E-rSAG2. Of 187 samples, all 35 LAT-positive sera had strong reactions to S-rSAG2 and E-rSAG2. Of the 152 LAT-negative sera, 18 were positive in the ELISA with S-rSAG2, whereas only 2 were positive in the ELISA with E-rSAG2. Although there were significant correlations among the three methods, the ELISA with S-rSAG2 was more sensitive than the others, which could be attributed to the fact that S-rSAG2 shares some common conformational structure with the native antigen. The results suggest that S-rSAG2 would be a useful reagent for the detection of T. gondii infection in cats.

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