Desenvolvimento e validação de dois imunoensaios para a detecção de Brucella canis em cães

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Brucella canis, GroEL, ELISA

Resumo

A Brucelose canina é uma causa de falha reprodutiva e a detecção precoce em cães infectados continua a ser um desafio. O objectivo do presente estudo era testar dois antigénios a serem utilizados em dois imunoensaios diferentes para a detecção da infecção por Brucella canis em cães: um de Brucella canis RM6/66 antigénio sonicado bruto (AB-iELISA) e o outro utilizando a proteína imunodominante GroEL (GroEL-iELISA). O ponto de corte foi determinado utilizando soros de cães infectados; posteriormente, foi medida a reprodutibilidade e foi obtido um coeficiente de variação (CV) inferior a 15% para os negativos e positivos do AB-iELISA, enquanto que, para o GroEL-iELISA foram superiores a 15%. No teste de robustez, houve diferenças significativas para a GroEL-iELISA, mas não para a AB-iELISA. O teste de selectividade mostrou reactividade cruzada com Leptospira interrogans no AB-iELISA, e com L. interrogans e Salmonella spp. no GroEL-iELISA. A partir dos testes de estabilidade das amostras foi demonstrado que as amostras devem ser armazenadas à temperatura ambiente por não mais de 2 horas, a 4°C por não mais de 24 horas e podem ser mantidas a -20°C por até 30 dias. Finalmente, a sensibilidade e especificidade foram calculadas, resultando em 100% tanto para o AB-iELISA; sensibilidade de 44% e especificidade de 67% para o GroEL-iELISA. Em conclusão, o AB-iELISA provou ser melhor na detecção de Brucella canis do que o GroEL-iELISA.

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2021-08-28

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