Encephalitis

Study results from Washington State University, Department of Agriculture in the area of encephalitis published

Published in Virus Weekly, March 23rd, 2010

According to a study from the United States, "A caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV)/maedi-visna virus (MVV) indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) was validated with samples from U. S. sheep and by the use of radioimmunoprecipitation as the standard for comparison."

"The sensitivity and the specificity were 86.0% (+/- 5.8%) and 95.9% (+/- 2.9%), respectively," wrote L.M. Herrmannhoesing and colleagues, Washington State University, Department of Agriculture.

The researchers concluded: "The iELISA format and phylogenetic differences based on the MVV gag sequence contribute to the reduced sensitivity."

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Source: Virus Weekly (2010-03-23)

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