Burkholderia mallei is the etiologic agent of glanders, an infectious disease of solipeds, with renewed scientific interest due to its increasing incidence in different parts of the world. More rapid, sensitive and specific assays are required by laboratories for confirmatory testing of this disease. A microsphere-based immunoassay consisting of beads coated with B. mallei recombinant proteins (BimA, GroEL, Hcp1, and TssB) has been developed for the serological diagnosis of glanders. The proteins' performance was compared with the OIE reference complement fixation test (CFT) and an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) on a large panel of sera comprised of uninfected horses (n=198) and clinically confirmed cases of glanders from India and Pakistan (n=99). Using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analysis and adjusting the cutoff levels, Hcp1 (Se=100%, Sp=99.5%) and GroEL (Se= 97%, Sp=99.5%) antigens exhibited the best specificity and sensitivity. Neither Hcp1 and GroEL proteins, nor iELISA reacted with doubtful and positive CFT samples from glanders free countries which further confirmed the false positive reactions seen in CFT.
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