Lembo T., Niezgoda M., Velasco-Villa A., Cleaveland S., Ernest E., Rupprecht C.E.
University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States; Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States
Lembo, T., University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom; Niezgoda, M., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States; Velasco-Villa, A., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States; Cleaveland, S., University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom; Ernest, E., Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; Rupprecht, C.E., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
A direct rapid immunohistochemical test (dRIT) was evaluated under field and laboratory conditions to detect rabies virus antigen in frozen and glycerol-preserved field brain samples from northwestern Tanzania. Compared to the direct fluorescent antibody test, the traditional standard in rabies diagnosis, the dRIT was 100% sensitive and specific.
virus antigen; animal tissue; article; brain tissue; controlled study; diagnostic test; evaluation; field study; fluorescent antibody technique; frozen section; immunohistochemistry; intermethod comparison; laboratory test; nonhuman; rabies; Rabies virus; sensitivity and specificity; Tanzania; tissue preservation; Animals; Animals, Domestic; Animals, Wild; Antigens, Viral; Brain; Cats; Cattle; Dogs; Glycerol; Immunohistochemistry; Population Surveillance; Rabies; Rabies virus; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tanzania; Time Factors; Tissue Preservation