Title
Concordance between indirect hemagglutination and indirect immunofluorescence tests to determine the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep
Other title
Concordancia entre las pruebas de hemaglutinaciÓn indirectae inmunofluorescenciaindirecta para determinar la prevalencia de toxoplasma gondii en ovinos
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of this study was to measure the degree of concordance between the Indirect hemaglutination (HAI) and Indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) tests for Toxoplasma gondii detection in sheep. A total of 310 sera were collected from ewes of different ages at Fundo Santa María, district of Nuñoa, province of Melgar, Puno. The Kappa (K) value was 24%, showing that the degree of association between both techniques was of a regular type. The Mc Nemar test showed significative differences between both tests, so one cannot replace the other. The seroprevalence for T. gondii was 50.3 ± 5.6% through HAI test and 88.1 ± 3.5% through IFI test. Seroprevalence in animals <1, 1-2, 2-3, and >3 years of age was 23.2, 33.3, 52.1, and 58.7% through HAI test and 72.0, 90.0, 91.2, and 90.5% respectively through IFI test.
Start page
178
End page
183
Volume
17
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84937788422
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgments A Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada) postgraduate scholarship provided support for M.D ..P This work was funded by an NSERC research grant to S .EP
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