Circulation of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Revealed by Screening of Cattle Sera Using a Novel Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay
       
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Marc Mertens Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Almanya
Prof. Dr. Zati VATANSEVER Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Slavcho Mrenoshki Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Kiril Krstevski Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Jovana Stefanovska Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Igor Djadjovski Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Iskra Cvetkovikj Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Robert Farkas Hungarian University Of Agriculture And Life Sciences, Macaristan
Isolde Schuster Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Almanya
Fabien Donnet
Loic Comtet
Noël Tordo Institut Pasteur, Paris, Fransa
Mohamed Ben Mechlia Institut Pasteur, Paris, Fransa
Anne Balkema-Buschmann Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Almanya
Dine Mitrov Ss. Cyril And Methodius University İn Skopje, Kuzey Makedonya
Martin H. Groschup Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Almanya
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1935-2727
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Previews, Biosis Selective Coverage Shared, Curation, Current Contents Clinical Medicine, Derwent Drug File, Essential Science Indicators, Reference Master, Sophia, Zoological Record
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 03-2015
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 9 / 3 / 3519–0 DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003519
Makale Linki http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003519
Özet
There are only few assays available for the detection of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV)-specific antibodies in animals, and data about diagnostic sensitivity and specificity are incompletely documented for most of these tests. This is unfortunate since CCHFV antibodies in animals can be used as indicator for virus circulation in a geographic area and therewith potential risk of human exposure. This paper therefore reports on a novel ELISA for the detection of CCHFV-specific antibodies in cattle and on its application for testing ruminant sera from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. A highly sensitive and specific ELISA was developed to detect CCHFV-specific IgG antibodies in cattle. The assay was validated by using 503 negative serum samples from a country where CCHFV has never been detected until now, and by using 54 positive serum samples. The positive sera were verified by using two commercially available assays (for testing human serum) which we have adapted for use in animals. The sensitivity of the novel ELISA was 98% and its specificity 99%. The presence of Hyalomma ticks was demonstrated in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and depending on the region antibody prevalence rates up to 80% were detected in the cattle population. This article describes a fully validated, highly sensitive and specific ELISA for the detection of CCHFV-specific IgG antibodies in cattle. Using this assay, CCHFV-specific antibodies were detected for the first time in cattle in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, giving evidence for an active circulation of this virus in the country. Supporting this conclusion, the occurrence of the main vector of CCHFV was demonstrated in the present work for the first time in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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