Charin ThepthaiSaijai SmithtikarnMontana SuksuwanSirirurg SongsivilaiTararaj DharakulMahidol UniversityThailand Ministry of Public Health2018-06-212018-06-212005-06-01Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology. Vol.23, No.2-3 (2005), 127-1320125877X2-s2.0-27544453781https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16584Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a severe and potentially fatal infectious disease in humans known to be endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The infection is also increasingly recognized in various animal species with a potential to spread to humans. With the potential as a biological warfare agent, specific serodiagnosis of melioidosis for surveillance in large populations at risk, humans or animals, would be highly valuable. In this study, a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a lipopolysaccharide-specific monoclonal antibody was developed. The assay provides high specificity, based on a previously described monoclonal antibody to a specific epitope on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of B. pseudomallei. The assay sensitivity of 96.0% and specificity of 100% were achieved at a cutoff value of 50% inhibition in human culture-proven melioidosis cases. An optimal cutoff value of 65% inhibition for sera from a melioidosis endemic area was obtained by ROC analysis and resulted in an assay specificity of 86.2%, while maintaining assay sensitivity of 92.0%. A potential application of the assay in the serodiagnosis of melioidosis in animal species was also evaluated using dolphin sera with satisfactory results.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineArticleSCOPUS