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ArticleToxins2016

Organization and ELISA-Based Results of the First Proficiency Testing to Evaluate the Ability of European Union Laboratories to Detect Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Type B (SEB) in Buffer and Milk.

Yacine Nia, Mélanie Rodriguez, Reinhard Zeleny, Sabine Herbin, Frédéric Auvray, Uwe Fiebig, Marc-André Avondet, Amalia Munoz, Jacques-Antoine Hennekinne

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Article in Toxins, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Yacine NiaLaboratory for food safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort F-94700, France. yacine.nia@anses.fr.
Mélanie RodriguezLaboratory for food safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort F-94700, France. rodriguez.melanie@live.fr.
Reinhard ZelenyJoint Research Centre, Directorate for Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, European Commission, Retieseweg 111, Geel 2440, Belgium. reinhard.zeleny@ec.europa.eu.
Sabine HerbinLaboratory for food safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort F-94700, France. sabine.herbin@anses.fr.
Frédéric AuvrayLaboratory for food safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort F-94700, France. frederic.auvray@anses.fr.
Uwe FiebigCentre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens Biological Toxins, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 13353, Germany. FiebigU@rki.de.
Marc-André AvondetLABOR SPIEZ, Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport VBS Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS, Spiez 3700, Switzerland. marc-andre.avondet@babs.admin.ch.
Amalia MunozJoint Research Centre, Directorate for Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, European Commission, Retieseweg 111, Geel 2440, Belgium. Amalia.munoz-pineiro@ec.europa.eu.
Jacques-Antoine HennekinneLaboratory for food safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort F-94700, France. jacques-antoine.hennekinne@anses.fr.
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail · FREuropean Commission · BEFederal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports · CHRobert Koch Institute · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this work was to organize the first proficiency test (PT) dedicated to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) detection in milk and buffer solutions. This paper describes the organization of the PT trial according to EN ISO 17043 requirements. Characterization of the SEB stock solution was performed using SDS-PAGE and SE-specific ELISA, and amino acid analysis was used to assign its protein concentration. The solution was then used to prepare six PT materials (four milk and two buffer batches) at a ng/g toxin level, which included one blank and one SEA-containing milk as specificity control. Suitable material homogeneity and stability were assessed using screening and quantitative ELISAs. Among the methods used by the participants, ELISA-based methods demonstrated their efficiency for the detection of SEB in both simple and complex matrices. The results serve as a basis for further improving the detection capabilities in expert laboratories and can therefore be considered as a contribution to biopreparedness.

Indexed as

BuffersLaboratory Proficiency TestingAnimalsCalibrationClinical Laboratory TechniquesEnterotoxinsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEuropean UnionFood MicrobiologyMilkReference StandardsReproducibility of ResultsBuffersenterotoxin B, staphylococcalEnterotoxinsbioterrorism agentELISA methodsproficiency teststaphylococcal enterotoxin B

Identifiers

PMID27649244
PMCPMC5037494
OpenAlexW2519356948

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