Monitoring of the intra-dermal tuberculosis skin test performed by Belgian field practitioners

The present study aimed to monitor skin test practices as performed by veterinarian field practitioners in Belgium. For this purpose, an anonymous postal questionnaire was elaborated and dispatched to veterinarians involved in bovine tuberculosis detection. The questionnaire included items focusing on the skin test performance. International experts in the field of bovine tuberculosis were asked to fill the questionnaire and a scoring scale was built as follows: 0 = ‘ideal’ answer, 1 = acceptable answer, whereas 2 = unacceptable answer. Furthermore, experts were asked to rank the questionnaire’s items according to their possible impact on the risk of not detecting reactors. A global score was further calculated for each participant and a comparison of practices was carried out between the two regions of the country, i.e. Wallonia and Flanders. Significant differences were observed between both regions, a harmonization at the country level is thus essential. No veterinarian summed a null score, corresponding to the ideal skin test procedure, which suggests that skin-testing is far from being performed correctly. Field practitioners need to be sensitized to the importance of correctly performing the test. The authors recommend the questionnaire is suitable for application in other countries or regions.     

Analysis of the spatial variation of Bovine tuberculosis disease risk in Spain (2006-2009)

In this study we explored the spatial variation of Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) risk of being positive, new positive or persistently positive, as well as the risk of eliminating BTB in positive herds throughout Spain from 2006 to 2009 by means of hierarchical Bayesian models. The results of the models showed that the risk of infection (positive or new positive herds), persistence and elimination was lower in counties located in north and north-eastern of Spain, and in the Balearic and Canary islands than in the rest of the country. In some counties the risk of positivity was high during the four years of study, whereas there were others where the risk of positivity was high only in some of the years. With regard to the risk of persistence of BTB positive herds, counties located in the central, western and south-western part of the country had a higher risk in the three studied periods. This study has identified some specific areas of increased BTB risk in Spain, information that is useful for disease management.     

结核分枝杆菌蛋白TB9.7间接ELISA方法的建立

为获得新的鉴别诊断结核杆菌感染的候选抗原,根据Gene Bank中登录的结核杆菌H37Rv的TB 9.7基因序列设计1对引物,以结核杆菌H37Rv基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增得到TB 9.7基因DNA片段。将该扩增片段克隆于PMD18-T载体中,得到载体PMD18-T-TB9.7。分别将pET32a质粒和PMD18-T-TB 9.7质粒用限制性内切酶EcoRⅠ和XhoⅠ双酶切,并将纯化的TB 9.7基因亚克隆至pET32a中,获得重组表达质粒pET32a-TB 9.7。将其转化E.coli BL21 IPTG诱导后,经SDS-PAGE、Western blot分析鉴定,可见约30ku的外源蛋白带。表明TB9.7基因在大肠杆菌中得到了表达。用Ni-NTA Agarose试剂盒进行蛋白纯化,获得纯化的TB9.7融合蛋白,建立间接ELISA诊断方法,检测了30份结核病人的痰检阳性血清,120份健康人的血清,敏感性为56.6%,特异性为97%,与痰检结果的符合率为84%。     

结核分枝杆菌抗原的重组腺病毒载体的有效构建编码

以AdEasy腺病毒载体系统为基础,建立了一套简单有效构建编码结核分枝杆菌抗原的重组腺病毒载体的方法.依此方法挑取的重组腺病毒质粒阳性率高达90%,线性化的重组腺病毒质粒转染293A细胞24 h后可观察到报告基因GFP的表达.     

结核分枝杆菌巢式PCR诊断技术的建立和初步评价

以结核分枝杆菌特有的插入序列IS6110设计巢式PCR引物,对痰样本结核分枝杆菌的基因组DNA进行扩增,建立了检测结核病病原的巢式PCR诊断方法,试验验证有较好的特异性和敏感性,采用此方法扩增结核分枝杆菌可以获得244 bp的目的片段,对常见病原菌金黄色葡萄球菌、链球菌、沙门氏菌、大肠杆菌、李氏杆菌、布鲁氏菌等以及无结核病史的痰样本检测阴性,通过扩增不同浓度梯度稀释的模拟阳性痰样本确定了其敏感性为4个拷贝/反应.对送检的41份痰样本采用本方法进行检测,阳性率为60.98;.     

牛结核胶体金免疫层析快速诊断方法的建立及初步应用

建立一种快速检测牛结核抗体的方法,用以诊断牛结核病。根据胶体金免疫层析技术原理,用兔抗牛血清蛋白和大肠埃希菌表达的牛分支杆菌MPB70-83-ESAT-6蛋白分别作为胶体金标记抗原和检测线上的捕获杭原,制备牛结核抗体检测试纸条。结果表明,MPB70-83-ESAT-6抗原的最适包被浓度为2.5mg/mL;研制的试纸条不与牛的其他疾病的阳性血清反应,具有较高的特异性;该试纸条的最高检出稀释度为1∶640;试纸条与TST的符合率为80%。该试纸条具有敏感、特异、简便、快速的特点,适用于对牛结核病进行普查和检疫,具有良好的应用前景。     

结核杆菌多位点环介导等温扩增检测方法的建立

为建立一种快速、高敏感、高特异、鉴别结核分枝杆菌和牛分枝杆菌的方法,本研究根据大多数致病性结核分枝杆菌共有序列esat-6,结核分枝杆菌和牛分枝杆菌gyrB共有特异性序列,以及结核分枝杆菌种特异序列mtp40设计6对特异性引物对痰液中的结核分枝杆菌进行检测,并与鉴别培养基分离培养结果以及常规PCR鉴定结果进行比较。实验结果表明,建立的LAMP检测方法具有很高的特异性。可区分致病性结核分枝杆菌和非致病结核分枝杆菌,也可鉴别结核分枝杆菌和牛分枝杆菌。LAMP检测技术的灵敏度比经典PCR技术高100倍左右,可检测到7拷贝/反应。另外,用3种方法同时检测样品发现,LAMP与细菌培养的符合率为90.91%,LAMP与常规PCR检测结果的符合率为100%。LAMP检测方法可以在流行病学调查及现场快速诊断方面广泛应用,并为临床治疗提供依据。     

新疆部分地区牛结核病PPD监测与分析

2001年-2003年对新疆部分地区（巴州、阿克苏、博州、伊犁、昌吉、塔城和石河子）牛结核病用“提纯结核茵素皮内变态反应”进行调查,调查数据用SPSS软件统计建立模型,显示2001年-2003年七地州检测牛只分别为16793,21153头和43951头,阳性率分别为0．46％,0．33％和0．57％。其中,巴州地区阳性率明显偏高。昌吉和石河子地区2001年-2002年保持一个较低的水平,2003年牛结核病的阳性率较前两年升高了1％。     

牛结核γ-干扰素ELISA检测方法在检疫工作中的应用

为评价牛γ-干扰素ELISA检测方法检测牛结核的效果及国产试剂盒的检测效果,本试验首先将国产试剂盒与Prionics试剂盒对42份相对阳性的样品和105份相对阴性的样品进行对比研究。然后对5个规模化牛场的3000头奶牛首先进行国产单纯结核菌素颈部皮内变态反应试验,3天后选取皮内变态反应阳性和可疑及部分阴性牛共418头,进行牛γ-干扰素试验。结果国产试剂盒对阳性和阴性样品的检测敏感性和特异性分别为95.2%和100%,与Priobics试剂盒的符合率为99.3%。表明国产试剂盒与进口试剂盒的检测能力一致,牛γ-干扰素检测方法准确可靠。5个牛场的3000头奶牛单纯结核菌素颈部皮内变态反应试验阳性为138头,可疑105头。γ-干扰素试验对418头奶牛的检测,其中阳性74头,与颈部皮内变态反应（可疑牛暂时视为阴性）的符合率为60.5%。     

A combined application of molecular docking technology and indirect ELISA for the serodiagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

BackgroundThere is an urgent need to find reliable and rapid bovine tuberculosis (bTB) diagnostics in response to the rising prevalence of bTB worldwide. Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) recognizes components of bTB and initiates antigen-presenting cells to mediate humoral immunity. Evaluating the affinity of antigens with TLR2 can form the basis of a new method for the diagnosis of bTB based on humoral immunity.ObjectivesTo develop a reliable and rapid strategy to improve diagnostic tools for bTB.MethodsIn this study, we expressed and purified the sixteen bTB-specific recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. The two antigenic proteins, MPT70 and MPT83, which were most valuable for serological diagnosis of bTB were screened. Molecular docking technology was used to analyze the affinity of MPT70, MPT83, dominant epitope peptide of MPT70 (M1), and dominant epitope peptide MPT83 (M2) with TLR2, combined with the detection results of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to evaluate the molecular docking effect.ResultsThe results showed that interaction surface Cα-atom root mean square deviation of proteins (M1, M2, MPT70, MPT83)-TLR2 protein are less than 2.5 A, showing a high affinity. It is verified by clinical serum samples that MPT70, MPT83, MPT70-MPT83 showed good diagnostic potential for the detection of anti-bTB IgG and M1, M2 can replace the whole protein as the detection antigen.ConclusionsMolecular docking to evaluate the affinity of bTB protein and TLR2 combined with ELISA provides new insights for the diagnosis of bTB.