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 TM SAP Combi Kit (Bio-Rad), TeSeE TM Sheep/Goats (Bio-Rad), HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Ag test (IDEXX) and HerdChek CWD Ag test (IDEXX).
Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blot