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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 153, Issue 3-4, Pages 359-362Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.016
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Toxoplasma gondii; sheep; DT; ELISA; IFAT; MAT
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Comparative serological examination of 300 serum samples from sheep slaughtered in the main abattoir in Cairo, Egypt revealed a higher prevalence of toxoplasmosis (43.7%) with the modified agglutination test (MAT), followed by the enzyme linked immune-sorbant assay (ELISA) (41.7%) and the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) (37%), while the lowest prevalence was detected with the dye test (DT) (34%). When the data from the first three serological tests were compared with that of the DT test, which was used as a reference test for toxoplasmosis, MAT had the highest sensitivity (96%), followed by ELISA (90.1%) and IFAT, which demonstrated the lowest sensitivity (80.4%). Conversely, EFAT had the highest specificity (91.4%), followed by MAT (88.9%) and ELISA (85.9%). (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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