Investigation of Brucella canis and Brucella abortus Seropositivity by In-House Rapid Slide Agglutination Test and In-House ELISA in Northern Cyprus

The incidence of Brucella canis (B. canis) in humans is unknown in Northern Cyprus. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of B. canis and Brucella abortus (B. abortus) infection in human sera and evaluated the results obtained by agglutination-based techniques using standardized antigens made from B. canis comparatively. All of the subjects were negative in terms of Rose-Bengal plate test. Undiluted serum samples were initially screened by rapid slide agglutination test (RSAT), and those which were found positive were retested in the dilution of 1/25-1/200. Confirmation of the positive results was performed by using 2-mercaptoethanol standard agglutination test (SAT). The test antigen was prepared from the less mucoid M (-) variant of B. canis, and 1/1,048 titered dog antiserum was used as positive control. In 225 serum samples, 3.6% (8/225) was positive by B. canis M (-) RSAT, 4.4 % (10/225) was positive by B. canis M (-) indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA). 5.3% (12/225) was positive by B. abortus S99 RSAT and 9.8% (22/225) was positive by B. abortus S99 iELISA. Nine samples were positive by both B. abortus S99 RSAT and B. abortus S99 iELISA. Seven samples were positive by both B. canis M (-) RSAT and B. canis M (-) iELISA. One patient was positive by all methods. It is important to evaluate patient samples with RSAT and iELISA. Until the notification system gives better results to the Ministry of Health, in order to reach the real data for Northern Cyprus, multicenter prevalence determination studies should be done for future.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:259

Enthalten in:

The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 259(2023), 4 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 319-326

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Süer, Kaya [VerfasserIn]
Güvenir, Meryem [VerfasserIn]
Aykaç, Aslı [VerfasserIn]
Güler, Emrah [VerfasserIn]
Sayan, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Şanlıdağ, Tamer [VerfasserIn]
Erdenliğ Gürbilek, Sevil [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial
Brucella abortus
Brucella canis
Brucellosis
ELISA
In-house
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Northern Cyprus

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Date Completed 07.04.2023

Date Revised 07.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1620/tjem.2022.J096

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348982232