Comparison of diagnostic methods for Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae detection in salmonid fish.

Seidlova, Veronika; Syrova, Eva; Minarova, Hana; Zukal, Jan; Balaz, Vojtech; Nemcova, Monika; Papezikova, Ivana; Pikula, Jiri; Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike; Mares, Jan; Palikova, Miroslava (2021). Comparison of diagnostic methods for Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae detection in salmonid fish. Journal of fish diseases, 44(8), pp. 1147-1153. Wiley 10.1111/jfd.13375

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Diagnostic accuracy of pathogen detection depends upon the selection of suitable tests. Problems can arise when the selected diagnostic test gives false-positive or false-negative results, which can affect control measures, with consequences for the population health. The aim of this study was to compare sensitivity of different diagnostic methods IHC, PCR and qPCR detecting Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease in salmonid fish and as a consequence differences in disease prevalence. We analysed tissue from 388 salmonid specimens sampled from a recirculating system and rivers in the Czech Republic. Overall prevalence of T. bryosalmonae was extremely high at 92.0%, based on positive results of at least one of the above-mentioned screening methods. IHC resulted in a much lower detection rate (30.2%) than both PCR methods (qPCR32: 65.4%, PCR: 81.9%). While qPCR32 produced a good match with IHC (60.8%), all other methods differed significantly (p < .001) in the proportion of samples determined positive. Both PCR methods showed similar sensitivity, though specificity (i.e., the proportion of non-diseased fish classified correctly) differed significantly (p < .05). Sample preservation method significantly (p < .05) influenced the results of PCR, with a much lower DNA yield extracted from paraffin-embedded samples. Use of different methods that differ in diagnostic sensitivity and specificity resulted in random and systematic diagnosis errors, illustrating the importance of interpreting the results of each method carefully.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Animal Pathology
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike

Subjects:

500 Science
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

1365-2761

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Katharina Gerber-Paizs

Date Deposited:

24 Feb 2022 14:41

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:09

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jfd.13375

PubMed ID:

33837562

Uncontrolled Keywords:

diagnostic sensitivity diagnostic specificity immunohistochemistry polymerase chain reaction prevalence proliferative kidney disease

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/165687

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165687

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