The Brucellin skin test as a tool to discriminate false positive serological reactions in bovine brucellosis

Veterinary Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-374

  Pouillot, R ^a   Garin Bastuji, B ^b   Gerbier, G ^a   Coche, Y ^c   Cau, C ^b   Dufour, B ^d   Moutou, F ^a  

^a U Épidémiologie   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c Dir des Serv Veterinaires   (France)

^d Mission Épidémiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Brucellin allergic skin test; Delayed type hypersensitivity; False positive serological reaction; Field trial

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031178982     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Akkermans JPWM, Hill WKW (1972) Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 9 infection as a factor interfering with serodiagnosis of Brucella infections in swine. Neth J Vet Sci 5, 73-80
2. Alton GG, Jones LM, Angus RD, Verger JM (1988) Techniques for the brucellosis laboratory, Inra, Paris, France
3. Benet JJ, Massard C, Garin-Bastuji B, Moutou F, Dufour B, Zygmunt MS, Schaeffer C, Coton T (1991) Réactions sérologiques atypiques dans le dépistage de la brucellose bovine : enquête épidémiologique dans les départements concernés. Epidémiol Santé Anim 19, 97-130
4. Bercovich Z, ter Laak EA, van Lipzig JHH (1992) Detection of brucellosis in dairy outbreak of the disease using a delayed-type hypersensitivity test. Prev Vet Med 13, 277-285
5. Blasco JM, Marin C, Jimenez de Bagues MP, Barberan M, Hernandez A, Molina L, Velasco J, Diaz R, Moryion I (1994) Evaluation of allergic and seroloaical tests diagnosing Brucella melitensis in sheep. J Clin Microbiol 32, 1835-1840
6. Bongbhibhat N, Elberg SS, Chen TH (1970) Characterization of Brucella skin-tests antigen. J Infect Dis 122, 70-82
7. Carniel E, Mollaret HH (1990) Yersiniosis. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 13, 51-58
8. Chukwu CC (1985a) Differentiation of Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 infections: use of lymphocyte transformation test. Int J Zoonoses 12, 126-135
9. Chukwu CC (1985b) Evaluation of brucellin skin test for bovine brucellosis. Int J Zoonoses 12, 6-13
10. Chukwu CC (1987) Differentation of Brucella abortus and Yersinia enerocolitica O:9 infections in cattle: the use of specific lymphocyte transformation and brucellin skin tests. Vet Q 9, 134-142
11. Corbel MJ (1985) Recent advances in the study of Brucella antigens and their serological cross-reactions. Vet Bull 55, 927-942
12. Corbel MJ (1992) Bovine brucellosis. In: OIE manual of standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines. OIE, Paris, France, 260-276
13. Cunningham B, Miller JJ, Dolan L, MacKeon F. O'Meara M (1980) Immunological characteristics in cattle of allergens derived from smooth Brucella abortus S99. Vet Rec 107, 369-375
14. De Reviers M, Fensterbank R (1984) Contrôle biologique de la brucelline Inra sur cobayes sensibilisés : guide pour l'analyse statistique des résultats. Ann Rech Vét 15, 395-403
15. Dohoo IR, Wright PJ, Ruckerbauer GM, Samagh BS, Robertson FJ, Forbes LB (1986) A comparison of five serological tests for bovine brucellosis. Can J Vet Res 50, 485-493
16. Dufour B (1984) Situation épidemiologique de la brucellose en France en 1983. Epidémiol Santé Anim 5, 13-20
17. Fensterbank R (1977) Diagnostic allergique de la brucellose bovine. 2. Utilisation du test allergique dans les troupeaux infectés. Ann Rech Vét 8, 195-201
18. Fensterbank R (1983) Le diagnostic allergique de la brucellose. Dev Biol Stand 56, 401-405
19. Fensterbank R, Pardon P (1977) Diagnostic allergique de la brucellose bovine. 1. Conditions d'utilisation d'un allergène protéique purifié la brucelline. Ann Rech Vét 8, 187-193
20. Garin-Bastuji B (1993) Le lypopolyoside des Brucella en phase lisse : approche immunochimique. Intérêt dans le diagnostic des brucelloses Université de Tours, France
21. Garin-Bastuji B (1995) Brucellosis in cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. Present epidemiological situation in Europe. Proc 46 Annual Meeting Europ Assoc for Animal Production, Prasue, Czech Republic, 4-7 Sept 1995, 142
22. Garin-Bastuji B, Gerbier G, Douzal Y, Vaucel D, Hummel N, Thiébaud M, Grayon M, Verger JM (1994) La brucellose animale en France en 1993. Epidémiol Santé Anim 26, 103-130
23. Gerbier G, Garin-Bastuji B, Pouillot R, Véry P, Cau C, Berr V, Dufour B, Moutou F (1997) False positive serological reactions in bovine brucellosis: evi dence of the role of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 in a field trial. Vet Res 28, 375-383
24. Hilbink F, Fenwick SG, Thompson EJ, Kittelberger R, Penrose M, Ross GP (1995) Non-specific seroreactions against Brucella abortus in ruminants in New Zealand and the presence of Yersinia enterocolitica O-.9. N Z Vet J 43, 175-178
25. Jones LM (1974) Specificity of Brucella protein antigens and role of lypopolysaccharide antigens in eliciting delayed hypersensitivity reactions in sensitized guinea pigs. Ann Rech Vét 5, 189-199
26. Jones LM, Diaz R, Tylor AG (1973) Characterization of allergens prepared from smooth and rough strains of Brucella melitensis. Br J Exp Pathol 54, 492-508
27. MacDiarmid SC (1987) A theoretical basis for the use of a skin test for brucellosis surveillance in extensively-managed cattle herds. Rev Sci Tech OIE 6, 1029-1035
28. MacDiarmid SC (1994) Bovine brucellosis eradication in New-Zealand. Surveillance 21, 18-21
29. MacDiarmid SC, Hellstrom JS (1986) An intradermal test for the diagnosis of brucellosis in extensively managed cattle herds. Prev Vet Med 4, 361-369
30. MacMillan AP (1990) Conventional serological tests. In: Animal brucellosis (K Nielsen, JR Duncan, eds), CRC Press, Boston, USA, 153-197
31. Nicoletti P (1983) The use of a Brucella protein antigen in dermal hypersensitivity as an adjunct method to diagnose bovine brucellosis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 5, 27-31
32. Nicoletti P (1990) Vaccination. In: Animal brucellosis (K Nielsen, JR Duncan, eds), CRC Press, Boston, USA, 283-299
33. Plommet M, Fensterbank R, Renoux G, Gestin J, Philippon A (1973) Brucellose bovine expérimentale. XII. Persistance à l'âge adulte de l'infection congénitale de la génisse. Ann Rech Vét 4, 419-435
34. Reynaud A, Delmas C, Vidon JM (1993) Isolement fécal de Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 chez plus de 50% des ruminants présentant une sérologie atypique vis-à-vis de Brucella abortus Méd Mal Inf 23, 516-519
35. Sutherland SS (1983) Assessment of an intradermal test for the detection of bovine brucellosis. Vet Res Comm 6, 297-304
36. Thiange P, Saegerman C, Botton Y, Limet JN (1992) Brucellose bovine : le test d'agglutination en présence de facteur rhumaloïde après traitement par le dithiothréitol, dans la différenciation des animaux vaccinés et infectés. Ann Méd Vét 136, 471-476
37. Weynants V, Tibor A, Denoel PA, Saegerman C, Godfroid J, Thiange P, Letesson JJ (1996) Infection of cattle with Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 a cause of the false positive serological reactions in bovine brucellosis diagnostic tests. Vet Microbiol 48, 101-112