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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, January 2001, p. 40-43, Vol. 8, No. 1
1071-412X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.1.40-43.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Leptospira interrogans Serovar pomona Antibodies in Bovine Sera

Om Surujballi* and Maria Mallory

Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Diseases Research Institute, Nepean, Ontario, Canada K2H 8P9

Received 9 May 2000/Returned for modification 14 August 2000/Accepted 13 October 2000

A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a specific monoclonal antibody (M898) was developed for detection of bovine antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona. This assay was evaluated using field sera (n = 190) with serovar pomona microscopic agglutination test (MAT) titers of >= 100 as the positive population (group A); field sera (n = 1,445) which were negative in the MAT (1:100 dilution) for serovar pomona (group B); and sera (from a specific-pathogen-free cattle herd [n = 210]) which were negative in the MAT (1:100 dilution) for serovars canicola, copenhageni, grippotyphosa, hardjo, pomona, and sejroe (group C). At the cutoff point recommended by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of the combined ELISA results of serum groups A, B, and C, the sensitivity and specificity values were 93.7 and 96.3%, respectively. The value for the area under this ROC curve was 0.977, indicating a high level of accuracy for the ELISA. Similar results were obtained from the analysis of the combined results of serum groups A and B and from the analysis of the combined results of serum groups A and C.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Diseases Research Institute, 3851 Fallowfield Rd., P.O. Box 11300, Station H, Nepean, Ontario, Canada K2H 8P9. Phone: (613) 228-6698. Fax: (613) 228-6667. E-mail: surujballio{at}em.agr.ca.


Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, January 2001, p. 40-43, Vol. 8, No. 1
1071-412X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.1.40-43.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.