title: Evaluation of a recombinant LipL41 antigen of Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola in ELISA for serodiagnosis of bovine leptospirosis.
abstract: The efficacy of a recombinant leptospiral lipoprotein LipL41 as an antigen for conducting enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for diagnosis of bovine leptospirosis was evaluated. Using known positive and known negative cattle sera the recombinant antigen was found to be highly reactive in the concentration of 100 ng/well. Using a total of 321 field cattle sera the sensitivity of ELISA as compared to microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was calculated to be 100% whereas the specificity was 85.3%. The seropositivity of leptospirosis among bovine population was found to be 21.18% having the predominance of serovars Sejroe and Pomona. It was concluded that rLipL41 protein could be a putative diagnostic candidate for serodiagnosis of bovine leptospirosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology and Mycology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 243122, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mariya
authors.forename: Pallab
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thangapandian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amutha
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D041341:Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D008074:Lipoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins