Table 1 Comparison of the results from 806 sera investigated by means of complement fixation test, indirect and competitive ELISA
From: Prevalence-dependent use of serological tests for diagnosing glanders in horses
CFT | iELISA | cELISA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | Origin | # | ccPro | Dubai7 | -OD <0.125 | OD 0.125-0.185 | +OD >0.185 | -OD >0.8 | OD 0.775-0.800 | +OD ≤ 0.775 | ||
+ | - | + | - | |||||||||
I | Bavaria | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 18 | 17 | 86 | 3 | 11 |
Syria | 164 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 124 | 18 | 22 | 159 | 2 | 3 | |
Lebanon | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
Qatar | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 2 | |
Saudi Arabia | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 2 | |
Kuwait | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
Kish | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Mauritius | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
Bahrain | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
Dubai | 82 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 1 | |
Jordan | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Egypt | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 1 | |
Oman | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
II | Syria | 10 | 0* | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
III | Al Ain, Dubai, (contact cases) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
IV | Miscellaneous | 34 | dubious reactions | 17 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 2 | |||
V | Malleinised horses | 25 | for details see Table 2 | |||||||||
TOTAL | 806 | |||||||||||