Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of human immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M by using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and native hapten (NH) as antigens is described. The results obtained with the LPS ELISA were c...

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Main Authors: Fernandez-Lago, L. (Luis), Diaz, R. (Ramón)
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Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29446
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author Fernandez-Lago, L. (Luis)
Diaz, R. (Ramón)
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Diaz, R. (Ramón)
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description An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of human immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M by using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and native hapten (NH) as antigens is described. The results obtained with the LPS ELISA were compared with the results of the NH ELISA. A good statistically significant correlation was established between the antibody titers of the IgG class against both antigens. A total of 104 (99%) of the 105 serum samples of patients with brucellosis exhibited specific anti-NH antibodies by the ELISA technique. In 52 (50%) of these positive samples, antibodies against NH were detected by radial immunodiffusion (RID). In 100% of these RID-positive sera, the antibody titers of the IgG class with ELISA-determined anti-NH specificity were equal to or greater than 160. These results point to a higher sensitivity of the ELISA technique as compared with RID. Inhibition experiments revealed that the assay was specific for LPS and NH from B. melitensis 16M.
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spelling oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-294462020-03-03T23:51:26Z Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Fernandez-Lago, L. (Luis) Diaz, R. (Ramón) Antibodies, bacterial analysis Brucella immunology Haptens immunology Lipopolysaccharides immunology An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of human immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M by using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and native hapten (NH) as antigens is described. The results obtained with the LPS ELISA were compared with the results of the NH ELISA. A good statistically significant correlation was established between the antibody titers of the IgG class against both antigens. A total of 104 (99%) of the 105 serum samples of patients with brucellosis exhibited specific anti-NH antibodies by the ELISA technique. In 52 (50%) of these positive samples, antibodies against NH were detected by radial immunodiffusion (RID). In 100% of these RID-positive sera, the antibody titers of the IgG class with ELISA-determined anti-NH specificity were equal to or greater than 160. These results point to a higher sensitivity of the ELISA technique as compared with RID. Inhibition experiments revealed that the assay was specific for LPS and NH from B. melitensis 16M. 2013-07-01T10:35:17Z 2013-07-01T10:35:17Z 1986 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29446 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf American Society for Microbiology
spellingShingle Antibodies, bacterial analysis
Brucella immunology
Haptens immunology
Lipopolysaccharides immunology
Fernandez-Lago, L. (Luis)
Diaz, R. (Ramón)
Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title_full Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title_fullStr Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title_full_unstemmed Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title_short Demonstration of antibodies against Brucella melitensis 16M lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
title_sort demonstration of antibodies against brucella melitensis 16m lipopolysaccharide and native hapten in human sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
topic Antibodies, bacterial analysis
Brucella immunology
Haptens immunology
Lipopolysaccharides immunology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29446
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