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Table 3 Comparison between the two PCR tests, the antigen-ELISA and the LFA used to detect ASFV in field-collected blood samples from wild boar and domestic pigs during the epidemic outbreaks in EU countries

From: Development of a novel lateral flow assay for detection of African swine fever in blood

Country

Host

UPL real-time PCR

OIE real time PCR

LFA

Ag-ELISA INGENASA

N° positives/total

%

N° positives/total

%

N° positives/total

%

N° positives/total

%

Estonia

Wild boar

1/1

100

1/1

100

0/1

0

0/1

0

Latvia

Wild boar

1/1

100

0/1

0

0/1

0

0/1

0

Lithuania

Wild boar

20/26

76.92

20/26

76.92

9/26

34.61

8/26

34,61

Domestic pig

11/11

100

11/11

100

10/11

90.9

6/11

90,9

Poland

Wild boar

18/18

100

18/18

100

15/18

83.3

13/18

83,3

Domestic pig

1/1

100

1/1

100

1/1

100

1/1

100

Total

52/58

89.65

51/58

87.93

35/58

60.34

28/58

48.27