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American Journal of Public Health Research. 2019, 7(6), 194-196
DOI: 10.12691/AJPHR-7-6-1
Case Study

Anti-Salmonella Antibodies: An Immunoepidemiological Study

Angel Justiz-Vaillant1, , Suzette Curtello2, Sehlule Vuma1, Helen Asemota2 and Rodolfo Arozarena-Fundora3

1Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

2Biochemistry Section, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica

3Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences. Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Pub. Date: December 11, 2019
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Angel Justiz-Vaillant, Suzette Curtello, Sehlule Vuma, Helen Asemota and Rodolfo Arozarena-Fundora. Anti-Salmonella Antibodies: An Immunoepidemiological Study. American Journal of Public Health Research. 2019; 7(6):194-196. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-7-6-1

Abstract

This research looks at the seroprevalence of anti-Salmonella antibodies in humans and chickens from Jamaica, West Indies. These antibodies were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and showed that 11.3% (6 out 53) human samples and 95.3% (102 out of 107) IgY samples had the presence of anti-Salmonella antibodies. These results suggest the presence of Salmonellosis as a contaminant in humans and endemic state in birds, which not necessarily means active disease.

Keywords

immunoepidemiology, seroprevalence, anti-Salmonella antibody, humans, chickens, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Jamaica.

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