Table 8.

Details of immunological diagnosis in wild meerkat.

Assay test	N/E	nSe + nSp	Antigens	Se (%)	Sp (%)	References
MAPIA	N	ND	M. bovis antigens*	90	48	[9]
BovidTB STAT-PAK	N	ND	ESAT-6, CFP-10, MPB83	43	85	[9]

MAPIA: multiantigenimmunoprint assay; BovidTB STAT-PAK: lateral flow test (Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc., USA); N/E: natural or experimental infection; n_Se: number of TB positive animals used for evaluation of Se; n_Sp: number of TB negative animals used for evaluation of Sp; Se: sensitivity; Sp: specificity; ND: not defined, Se and Sp were estimated based on Bayesian analysis (absence of gold standard).

^aESAT-6, CFP-10, MPB59, MPB64, MPB70, MPB83, the16-kDa protein, the 38-kDa protein, CFP-10/ESAT-6 and the 16 kDa protein/MPB83, bovine PPD and M. bovis culture filtrate.