ArticleJournal of veterinary science2012
Comparison of four diagnostic methods for detecting rabies viruses circulating in Korea.
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- Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of lateral flow devices as a tool to diagnose rabies in post-mortem animals.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test kit to the gold standard fluorescent antibody test for diagnosis of rabies in animals in Bhutan.BMC veterinary research · 2020Article
- Further Evidence of Inadequate Quality in Lateral Flow Devices Commercially Offered for the Diagnosis of Rabies.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020Article
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- Evaluation of Six Commercially Available Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests for the Diagnosis of Rabies in Brain Material.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Comparison of rapid immunodiagnosis assay kit with molecular and immunopathological approaches for diagnosis of rabies in cattle.Veterinary world · 2016Article
- Rabies Epidemiology and Control in Ecuador.Global journal of health science · 2015Observational
- A SYBR-green I quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay for rabies viruses with different virulence.Virologica Sinica · 2014Article
- Detection of new bunyavirus RNA by reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
It is essential to rapidly and precisely diagnose rabies. In this study, we evaluated four diagnostic methods, indirect fluorescent antibody test (FAT), virus isolation (VI), reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and rapid immunodiagnostic assay (RIDA), to detect rabies in animal brain homogenates. Out of the 110 animal brain samples tested, 20 (18.2%) were positive for rabies according to the FAT. Compared to the FAT, the sensitivities of VI, RT-PCR, and RIDA were 100, 100, and 95%, respectively. The specificities of VI, RT-PCR and RIDA were found to be 100, 100, and 98.9%, respectively. Rabies viruses circulating in Korea were isolated and propagated in murine neuroblastoma (NG108-15) cells with titers ranging from 10(1.5) to 10(4.5) TCID(50)/mL. Although the RIDA findings did not completely coincide with results obtained from FAT, VI, and RT-PCR, RIDA appears to be a fast and reliable assay that can be used to analyze brain samples. In summary, the results from our study showed that VI, RT-PCR, and RIDA can be used as supplementary diagnostic tools for detecting rabies viruses in both laboratory and field settings.
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