Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Export

@article{citeulike:103070, abstract = {An indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection was validated using serum from 77 necropsied southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) whose T. gondii infection status was determined through immunohistochemistry and parasite isolation in cell culture. Twenty-eight otters (36\%) were positive for T. gondii by immunohistochemistry or parasite isolation or both, whereas 49 (64\%) were negative by both tests. At a cutoff of 1:320, combined values for IFAT sensitivity and specificity were maximized at 96.4 and 67.3\%, respectively. The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve for the IFAT was 0.84. A titer of 1:320 was used as cutoff when screening serum collected from live-sampled sea otters from California (n = 80), Washington (n = 21), and Alaska (n = 65) for T. gondii infection. Thirty-six percent (29 out of 80) of California sea otters (E. lutris nereis) and 38\% (8 out of 21) of Washington sea otters (E. lutris kenyoni) were seropositive for T. gondii, compared with 0\% (0 out of 65) of Alaskan sea otters (E. lutris kenyoni).}, address = {Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.}, author = {Miller, M. A. and Gardner, I. A. and Packham, A. and Mazet, J. K. and Hanni, K. D. and Jessup, D. and Estes, J. and Jameson, R. and Dodd, E. and Barr, B. C. and Lowenstine, L. J. and Gulland, F. M. and Conrad, P. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {103070}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12099433}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12099433}, issn = {0022-3395}, journal = {J Parasitol}, keywords = {antibody, enhydra, epidemiology, gondii, ifat, lutris, protocol, toxoplasma}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {594--599}, posted-at = {2005-02-24 17:28:02}, priority = {4}, title = {Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris).}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12099433}, volume = {88}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:103070 L3 - citeulike-article-id:103070 N2 - An indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection was validated using serum from 77 necropsied southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) whose T. gondii infection status was determined through immunohistochemistry and parasite isolation in cell culture. Twenty-eight otters (36%) were positive for T. gondii by immunohistochemistry or parasite isolation or both, whereas 49 (64%) were negative by both tests. At a cutoff of 1:320, combined values for IFAT sensitivity and specificity were maximized at 96.4 and 67.3%, respectively. The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve for the IFAT was 0.84. A titer of 1:320 was used as cutoff when screening serum collected from live-sampled sea otters from California (n = 80), Washington (n = 21), and Alaska (n = 65) for T. gondii infection. Thirty-six percent (29 out of 80) of California sea otters (E. lutris nereis) and 38% (8 out of 21) of Washington sea otters (E. lutris kenyoni) were seropositive for T. gondii, compared with 0% (0 out of 65) of Alaskan sea otters (E. lutris kenyoni). IS - 3 JF - J Parasitol SN - 0022-3395 AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. EP - 599 TI - Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). VL - 88 SP - 594 KW - antibody KW - enhydra KW - epidemiology KW - gondii KW - ifat KW - lutris KW - protocol KW - toxoplasma AU - Miller, MA AU - Gardner, IA AU - Packham, A AU - Mazet, JK AU - Hanni, KD AU - Jessup, D AU - Estes, J AU - Jameson, R AU - Dodd, E AU - Barr, BC AU - Lowenstine, LJ AU - Gulland, FM AU - Conrad, PA PY - 2002/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12099433 ER -