Development and validation of a meat juice ELISA for the diagnosis of Fasciola hepatica in cattle in Cuba
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Objective: To establish and validate a home-made ELISA for determination of antibodies against excretory-secretory proteins of Fasciola hepatica in bovine meat juice samples. Methods: The validity criteria of the assay were defined based on standards of ISO. The following parameters were evaluated: excretion/secretion antigen concentrations for coating, anti-bovine immunoglobulin G dilution, linearity, accuracy and precision. Results: The assay was validated on 126 meat juice samples with known infection status. Using the receiver operating characteristic (n = 126) the optimal cut-off for the ELISA assay was 0.78, above this value the probability for an animal to have fasciolosis was 11 times. And the specificity and sensitivity were 100% and 90.91% respectively. The repeatability of the intra- and inter-assay tests had coefficients of variation lower than 10% and 20% respectively. Conclusions: The ELISA is a suitable test for further use in studies towards the epidemiology of Fasciola hepatica in Cuba.
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