Comparative evaluation of six ELISAs for the detection of antibodies to the non-structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus

Vaccine. 2006 Nov 17;24(47-48):6966-79. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.050. Epub 2006 May 6.

Abstract

To validate the use of serology in substantiating freedom from infection after foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have been controlled by measures that include vaccination, 3551 sera were tested with six assays that detect antibodies to the non-structural proteins of FMD virus. The sera came from naïve, vaccinated, infected and vaccinated-and-infected animals; two-thirds from cattle, the remainder from sheep and pigs. The assays were covariant for sensitivity, but not necessarily for specificity. A commercial kit from Cedi-diagnostics and an in-house assay from IZS-Brescia were comparable to the NCPanaftosa-screening index method described in the Diagnostic Manual of the World Animal Health Organisation. Using these three tests the specificity and sensitivity for the detection of carriers in vaccinated cattle approaches or exceeds 99% and 90%, respectively.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Carrier State / immunology
  • Cattle
  • Databases, Factual
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / immunology*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sheep
  • Swine
  • Vaccination
  • Viral Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Viral Proteins