Journal: PLOS ONE

Article Title: Are rapid tests and confirmatory western blot used for cattle and small ruminants TSEs reliable tools for the diagnosis of Chronic Wasting Disease in Europe?

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286266

Figure Lengend Snippet: Results obtained from the set 1 of samples by the three ELISA rapid tests at NVI. The O.D. represents the mean of duplicates values obtained from each dilution sample. The values above the cut-off indicate positive sample and those below the cut-off indicate negative sample.

Article Snippet: All dilutions of each moose sample were analysed in parallel at the NVI and the Italian Reference Laboratory by the following tests: TeSeE ™ SAP Combi Kit (Bio-Rad), TeSeE ™ Sheep/Goat (Bio-Rad) and HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Ag test (IDEXX).

Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

Journal: PLOS ONE

Article Title: Are rapid tests and confirmatory western blot used for cattle and small ruminants TSEs reliable tools for the diagnosis of Chronic Wasting Disease in Europe?

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286266

Figure Lengend Snippet: Results obtained from the set 1 of samples by the three ELISA rapid tests at NVI. The O.D. represents the mean of duplicates values obtained from each dilution sample. The values above the cut-off indicate positive sample and those below the cut-off indicate negative sample.

Article Snippet: The first set was analysed with all commercially available ELISA tests TeSeE ™ SAP Combi Kit (Bio-Rad), TeSeE ™ Sheep/Goats (Bio-Rad), HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Ag test (IDEXX) and HerdChek CWD Ag test (IDEXX).

Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

Journal: PLOS ONE

Article Title: Are rapid tests and confirmatory western blot used for cattle and small ruminants TSEs reliable tools for the diagnosis of Chronic Wasting Disease in Europe?

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286266

Figure Lengend Snippet: Results obtained from the set 2 of samples analyzed at NVI and IRL using three ELISA rapid tests and two western blot methods. The O.D. represents the mean of duplicates /triplicates values obtained from each dilution sample by rapid tests. The values above the cut-off indicate positive sample and those below the cut-off indicate negative sample. Pos and Neg indicate positive and negative results by Western blot analyses.

Article Snippet: The first set was analysed with all commercially available ELISA tests TeSeE ™ SAP Combi Kit (Bio-Rad), TeSeE ™ Sheep/Goats (Bio-Rad), HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Ag test (IDEXX) and HerdChek CWD Ag test (IDEXX).

Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blot

Journal: BMC Veterinary Research

Article Title: A descriptive study of the prevalence of atypical and classical scrapie in sheep in 20 European countries

doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-19

Figure Lengend Snippet: Tests used in sheep TSE active surveillance between 2001 and 2006.

Article Snippet: G , Bio-Rad TeSeE Sheep/Goat test , 2 , CH, IS, NO , 3.

Techniques: Western Blot, Histopathology, Immunohistochemistry, Modification