: The detection of Coxiella burnetii in ruminants remains challenging despite the use of new technology and the accumulation of novel knowledge. Serology tools, the primary methods of infection surveillance in veterinary medicine, have limitations. We used recombinant antigen production to develop an ELISA based on the SucB protein, one of the major immunodominant antigens described in humans and laboratory animals. We produced the antigen successfully in an Escherichia coli heterologous system, confirmed by sequencing and mass spectrometry, and seen as a band of ~50 kDa in SDS-PAGE and on western blot analysis. We compared the performance of the recombinant ELISA with a commercial ELISA. We observed agreement of 83.5% and a substantial Cohen κ value of 0.67 in our pilot study.
Detection of Coxiella antibodies in ruminants using a SucB recombinant antigen / Ferrara, Gianmarco; Colitti, Barbara; Flores-Ramirez, Gabriela; Pagnini, Ugo; Iovane, Giuseppe; Rosati, Sergio; Montagnaro, Serena. - In: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION. - ISSN 1040-6387. - 13:(2023), p. 10406387231199964. [10.1177/10406387231199964]
Detection of Coxiella antibodies in ruminants using a SucB recombinant antigen
Ferrara, Gianmarco
Conceptualization
;Pagnini, UgoWriting – Review & Editing
;Rosati, SergioSupervision
;Montagnaro, SerenaWriting – Review & Editing
2023
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: The detection of Coxiella burnetii in ruminants remains challenging despite the use of new technology and the accumulation of novel knowledge. Serology tools, the primary methods of infection surveillance in veterinary medicine, have limitations. We used recombinant antigen production to develop an ELISA based on the SucB protein, one of the major immunodominant antigens described in humans and laboratory animals. We produced the antigen successfully in an Escherichia coli heterologous system, confirmed by sequencing and mass spectrometry, and seen as a band of ~50 kDa in SDS-PAGE and on western blot analysis. We compared the performance of the recombinant ELISA with a commercial ELISA. We observed agreement of 83.5% and a substantial Cohen κ value of 0.67 in our pilot study.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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