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PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 13(6): e0007509, 2019 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31216271

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a world-wide extended zoonosis that causes a grave problem in developing economies. Animal vaccination and diagnosis are essential to control brucellosis, and the need for accurate but also simple and low-cost tests that can be implemented in low-infrastructure laboratories has been emphasized. METHODOLOGY: We evaluated bovine, sheep, goat and swine lateral flow immunochromatography assay kits (LFA), the Rose Bengal test (RBT) and a well-validated protein G indirect ELISA (iELISA) using sera of Brucella culture-positive and unvaccinated brucellosis free livestock. Sera from cattle vaccinated with S19 and RB51 brucellosis vaccines were also tested. Finally, we compared RBT and LFA using sera of white Fulani cattle of unknown bacteriological status from a brucellosis endemic area of Nigeria. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Although differences were not statistically significant, RBT showed the highest values for diagnostic sensitivity/specificity in cattle (LFA, 96.6/98.8; RBT, 98.9/100; and iELISA, 96.6/100) and the iELISA yielded highest values in sheep (LFA, 94.0/100; RBT, 92.0/100; iELISA, 100/100), goats (LFA, 95.7/96.2; RBT, 97.8/100; iELISA, 100/100) and pigs (LFA, 92.3/100; RBT, 92.3/100; iELISA, 100/100). Vaccine S19 administered subcutaneously interfered in all tests but conjunctival application minimized the problem. Although designed not to interfere in serodiagnosis, vaccine RB51 interfered in LFA and iELISA but not in the RBT. We found closely similar apparent prevalence results when testing the Nigerian Fulani cattle by RBT and LFA. Although both RBT and LFA (showing similar diagnostic performance) are suitable for small laboratories in resource-limited areas, RBT has the advantage that a single reagent is useful in all animal species. Considering these advantages, its low cost and that it is also useful for human brucellosis diagnosis, RBT might be a good choice for resource-limited laboratories.


Subject(s)
Brucellosis/veterinary , Chromatography, Affinity/methods , Diagnostic Tests, Routine/methods , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods , Staining and Labeling/methods , Zoonoses/diagnosis , Animals , Brucellosis/diagnosis , Cattle , Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism , Goats , Nigeria , Rose Bengal/metabolism , Sensitivity and Specificity , Sheep , Swine
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Vaccine ; 28(17): 3038-46, 2010 Apr 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19887131

ABSTRACT

The attenuated Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine, used against brucellosis infection, interferes with serological diagnosis tests, may induce abortions in pregnant animals, and may infect humans. In order to overcome these drawbacks, we developed acellular vaccines based on a Brucella ovis antigenic complex (HS) containing outer membrane proteins and R-LPS entrapped in poly(anhydride) conventional and mannosylated nanoparticles (NP-HS and MAN-NP-HS) or in poly(epsilon-caprolactone) microparticles (HS-PEC) as antigen delivery systems and immunoadjuvants. Brucellosis free rams were vaccinated subcutaneously with a single dose of particles containing 3mg of HS, and challenged 6 months thereafter. Protection was evaluated by clinical, bacteriological and serological examinations, in comparison with non-vaccinated control rams. HS-PEC vaccine induced protection (7 out of 13 animals were infected) equivalent to that induced by the reference Rev 1 vaccine (8/14). In contrast, animals immunized with NP-HS were not protected, showing similar results to that obtained in the control unvaccinated rams. Furthermore HS-PEC vaccine did not interfere against B. melitensis serodiagnostic tests. In summary, HS-PEC microparticles could be used as a safe and effective vaccine against brucellosis in rams.


Subject(s)
Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology , Brucella Vaccine/immunology , Brucella ovis/immunology , Brucellosis/veterinary , Drug Carriers , Nanoparticles , Sheep Diseases/prevention & control , Animals , Brucella Vaccine/administration & dosage , Brucellosis/microbiology , Brucellosis/pathology , Brucellosis/prevention & control , Female , Injections, Subcutaneous , Liposomes/pharmacology , Pregnancy , Sheep , Sheep Diseases/immunology , Sheep Diseases/microbiology , Sheep Diseases/pathology , Vaccination/methods , Vaccines, Acellular/administration & dosage , Vaccines, Acellular/immunology
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Vaccine ; 24(11): 1897-905, 2006 Mar 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16337315

ABSTRACT

Due to the important drawbacks of the Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine, a safer vaccine based on an outer membrane complex from Brucella ovis encapsulated in poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PEC) microparticles (MP) was developed and tested in rams. Homogeneous batches of microparticles were prepared by a new double emulsion solvent evaporation method called "Total Recirculation One-Machine System" (TROMS). Such microparticles presented a mean diameter of 2 microm and displayed an antigen loading of about 13 microg HS per mg of microparticles. Subcutaneous vaccination of rams with 800 microg HS (hot saline antigenic extract of B. ovis) in PEC microparticles induced an adequate serological response against B. ovis antigens and conferred similar protection against challenge with B. ovis to that induced by the living attenuated B. melitensis Rev 1 reference vaccine. By contrast, lower doses (80 microg) of HS-PEC evoked reduced serological responses against B. ovis antigens and did not induce significant protection. The revaccination with 800 microg of HS-PEC increased the intensity and duration of the serological response against B. ovis antigens but did not improve the protection conferred by the single vaccination. Sample sera taken from any of the animals immunized with Rev 1 were seropositive in both Rose Bengal and the Complement Fixation tests (RBT, CFT) used for the diagnosis of smooth Brucella infections. By contrast, no positive reactors in both tests were recorded in the animals vaccinated with HS-PEC, being this a target objective of this study. HS-PEC microparticles can be used as a safe vaccine against brucellosis in rams, but further studies using higher doses of antigens are necessary to exploit their full potential for the prophylaxis of brucellosis in sheep.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/immunology , Brucella Vaccine/immunology , Brucella ovis/immunology , Brucellosis/veterinary , Sheep Diseases/prevention & control , Animals , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/administration & dosage , Blotting, Western , Brucella Vaccine/administration & dosage , Brucellosis/pathology , Brucellosis/prevention & control , Delayed-Action Preparations , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Injections, Subcutaneous , Lymph Nodes/microbiology , Male , Microspheres , Polyesters , Sheep , Sheep Diseases/pathology
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