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Table 2 Comparison of the B. melitensis B115-based ELISA with Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and Complement Fixation Test (CFT) in animals infected with Brucella

From: Brucella melitensis B115-based ELISA to unravel false positive serologic reactions in bovine brucellosis: a field study

Group D^ animal number

RBPT

ICFTUĀ°

ELISA O.D.

1

positive

20

0.300

2

positive

20

0.460

3

positive

20

0.279

4

positive

20

0.272

5

positive

20

0.268

6

positive

20

0.254

7

positive

20

0.268

8

positive

20

0.170

9

positive

20

0.175

10

positive

20

0.246

11

positive

20

0.246

12

positive

20

0.165

13

positive

40

0.288

14

positive

40

0.376

15

positive

40

0.220

16

positive

40

0.274

17

positive

40

0.318

18

positive

40

0.212

19

positive

40

0.154

20

positive

40

0.280

21

positive

40

0.240

22

positive

40

0.151

23

positive

40

0.244

24

positive

40

0.260

25

positive

40

0.385

26

positive

40

0.367

27

positive

40

0.302

28

positive

40

0.256

29

positive

40

0.280

30

positive

40

0.240

31

positive

40

0.300

32

positive

40

0.260

33

positive

80

0.280

34

positive

80

0.362

35

positive

80

0.300

36

positive

80

0.310

37

positive

80

0.206

38

positive

80

0.394

39

positive

80

0.226

40

positive

80

0.283

41

positive

80

0.310

42

positive

80

0.388

43

positive

80

0.396

44

positive

80

0.288

45

positive

80

0.304

46

positive

80

0.336

47

positive

80

0.340

48

positive

80

0.144

49

positive

80

0.144

50

positive

80

0.146

51

positive

80

0.161

52

positive

80

0.155

53

positive

80

0.153

54

positive

80

0.146

55

positive

160

0.370

56

positive

160

0.288

57

positive

160

0.296

58

positive

160

0.218

59

positive

160

0.146

60

positive

160

0.221

61

positive

160

0.240

62

positive

160

0.266

63

positive

160

0.260

64

positive

160

0.216

65

positive

160

0.392

66

positive

160

0.366

67

positive

160

0.210

68

positive

160

0.372

69

positive

160

0.396

70

positive

160

0.374

71

positive

160

0.292

72

positive

320

0.280

73

positive

320

0.294

74

positive

320

0.212

75

positive

320

0.280

76

positive

320

0.171

77

positive

320

0.237

78

positive

320

0.231

79

positive

320

0.299

80

positive

320

0.345

81

positive

320

0.320

82

positive

320

0.266

83

positive

320

0.392

84

positive

320

0.237

85

positive

320

0.374

86

positive

320

0.378

87

positive

320

0.244

88

positive

640

0.234

89

positive

640

0.232

90

positive

640

0.234

91

positive

640

0.389

92

positive

640

0.400

93

positive

640

0.385

94

positive

640

0.284

95

positive

640

0.378

96

positive

640

0.314

97

positive

640

0.300

98

positive

640

0.200

99

positive

1280

0.426

100

positive

1280

0.420

101

positive

1280

0.467

102

positive

1280

0.368

103

positive

1280

0.390

104

positive

1280

0.390

105

positive

1280

0.380

  1. ^Individual serum samples, nā€‰=ā€‰105, both RBPT and CFT positive, collected from 17 different Brucella-infected herds; the infection with Brucella spp. was confirmed by bacteriological and PCR analyses
  2. Ā° International Complement Fixation Test Units (ICFTU)