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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 95(5): 717-20, Sept.-Oct. 2000. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-267901

ABSTRACT

This study was undertaken to evaluate an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for hepatitis C virus antibody detection (anti-HCV), using just one antigen. Anti-HCV EIA was designed to detect anti-HCV IgG using on the solid-phase a recombinant C22 antigen localized at the N-terminal end of the core region of HCV genome, produced by BioMérieux. The serum samples diluted in phosphate buffer saline were added to wells coated with the C22, and incubated. After washings, the wells were loaded with conjugated anti-IgG, and read in a microtiter plate reader (492 nm). Serum samples of 145 patients were divided in two groups: a control group of 39 patients with non-C hepatitis (10 acute hepatitis A, 10 acute hepatitis B, 9 chronic hepatitis B, and 10 autoimmune hepatitis) and a study group consisting of 106 patients with chronic HCV hepatitis. In the study group all patients had anti-HCV detected by a commercially available EIA (Abbott(r)), specific for HCV structural and nonstructural polypeptides, alanine aminotransferase elevation or positive serum HCV-RNA detected by nested-PCR. They also had a liver biopsy compatible with chronic hepatitis. The test was positive in 101 of the 106 (95 percent) sera from patients in the study group and negative in 38 of the 39 (97 percent) sera from those in the control group, showing an accuracy of 96 percent. According to these results, our EIA could be used to detect anti-HCV in the serum of patients infected with hepatitis C virus.


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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Genome, Viral , Hepacivirus/genetics , Hepacivirus/immunology , Hepatitis C Antibodies/isolation & purification , Recombinant Proteins , Viral Core Proteins/immunology , Alanine Transaminase/blood , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Hepatitis C Antibodies/blood , Hepatitis C, Chronic/diagnosis , Immunoenzyme Techniques/methods , Immunoglobulin G/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA/blood
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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 33(3): 213-8, maio-jun. 1991. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-108383

ABSTRACT

A caracterizacao de infeccao primaria recente pelo Toxoplasma gondii se apoia principalmente na presenca, no soro, de anticorpos especificos IgM. Para fins diagnosticos de toxoplasmose aguda, ou de contagio recente, a possibilidade de outros marcadores e altamente desejavel. Um marcador de infeccao recente atualmente referido e a baixa afinidade ou avidez de anticorpos especificos IgG. Para avaliacao do novo marcador, titularam-se os soros contra poliantigenos do T.gondii pelo teste imunoenzimatico (ELISA), antes e apos tratamento dos complexos antigeno-anticorpo formados, com solucao de ureia 6 M como agente dissociante. O deslocamento de anticorpos de baixa avidez foi indicado por uma queda de titulos, calculada em porcentagem em relacao aos titulos iniciais. Foram estudados 69 soros, 23 de cada um dos 3 perfis sorologicos sucessivos, observados na infeccao, e que a caracterizam respectivamente como recente, em fase de transicao e cronica. Os perfis foram determinados segundo os resultados de uma bateria de testes, incluindo os de imunofluorescencia IgG e IgM, de captura de anticorpos IgM e de hemaglutinacao. Para os soros de infeccao cronica a queda observada foi de 3 por cento ñ 3 por cento, de 34 por cento ñ 12 por cento para toxoplasmose recente e de 12 por cento ñ 9 por cento para a fase de transicao...


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Animals , Humans , Antibodies, Protozoan/blood , Antibody Affinity/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/blood , Toxoplasmosis/immunology , Biomarkers , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Immunoglobulin M/blood , Toxoplasma/immunology
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