title: Innovative modifications to Rose Bengal plate test enhance its specificity, sensitivity and predictive value in the diagnosis of brucellosis.
abstract: Current agglutination tests occasionally yield false results. Superagglutination test reduced false results, had higher sensitivity (95.88%) and negative predictive value (95.83%) than Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT), Standard Tube Agglutination test (STAT), ELISA, and Complement Fixation test and specificity (89.32%) and positive predictive value (89.42%) higher than RBPT and STAT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India.
authors.forename: Shubhada K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chothe
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India. Electronic address: hmsaxena@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hari Mohan
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002417:Cattle; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012395:Rose Bengal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D012395:Rose Bengal
keywords: Brucellosis; CFT; Complement fixation test; False negative; False positive; Indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; RBPT; Rose Bengal plate test; STAT; Sensitivity; Specificity; Standard Tube Agglutination test; Superagglutination test; iELISA