• African health sciences · Mar 2016

    Comparative Study

    Comparative assessment of seller's staining test (SST) and direct fluorescent antibody test for rapid and accurate laboratory diagnosis of rabies.

    • Ishaya S Tekki, Zhakum N Ponfa, Chika I Nwosuh, Peterside R Kumbish, Clement L Jonah, Philip A Okewole, David Shamaki, and Sani M Ahmed.
    • National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), PMB 01 Vom, Nigeria.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2016 Mar 1; 16 (1): 123127123-7.

    BackgroundRabies causes 55, 000 annual human deaths globally and about 10,000 people are exposed annually in Nigeria. Diagnosis of animal rabies in most African countries has been by direct microscopic examination. In Nigeria, the Seller's stain test (SST) was employed until 2009. Before then, both SST and dFAT were used concurrently until the dFAT became the only standard method.ObjectiveThis study was designed to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the SST in relation to the 'gold standard' dFAT in diagnosis of rabies in Nigeria.MethodsA total of 88 animal specimens submitted to the Rabies National Reference Laboratory, Nigeria were routinely tested for rabies by SST and dFAT.ResultsOverall, 65.9% of the specimens were positive for rabies by SST, while 81.8% were positive by dFAT. The sensitivity of SST in relation to the gold standard dFAT was 81.0% (95% CIs; 69.7% - 88.6%), while the specificity was 100% (95% CIs; 76% - 100%).ConclusionThe relatively low sensitivity of the SST observed in this study calls for its replacement with the dFAT for accurate diagnosis of rabies and timely decisions on administration of PEP to prevent untimely deaths of exposed humans.

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