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The Korean Journal of Parasitology ; : 763-766, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-197158

RESUMEN

A synthetic peptide was prepared based on the antigenic region of Paragonimus westermani pre-procathepsin L, and its applicability for immunodiagnosis for human paragonimiasis (due to Paragonimus heterotremus) was tested using an ELISA to detect IgG4 antibodies in the sera of patients. Sera from other helminthiases, tuberculosis, and healthy volunteers were used as the references. This peptide-based assay system gave sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of 100%, 94.6%, 96.2%, 100%, and 88.9%, respectively. Cross reactivity was frequently seen against the sera of fascioliasis (75%) and hookworm infections (50%). Since differential diagnosis between paragonimiasis and fascioliasis can be easily done by clinical presentation and fascioliasis serology, this cross reaction is not a serious problem. Sera from patients with other parasitoses (0-25%) rarely responded to this synthetic antigen. This synthetic peptide antigen seems to be useful for development of a standardized diagnostic system for paragonimiasis.


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Adulto , Animales , Humanos , Anticuerpos Antihelmínticos/sangre , Antígenos Helmínticos , Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico/métodos , Reacciones Cruzadas , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/métodos , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Paragonimiasis/diagnóstico , Paragonimus/inmunología , Parasitología/métodos , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Sensibilidad y Especificidad
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Journal of Bacteriology and Virology ; : 207-212, 2010.
Artículo en Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-68102

RESUMEN

Avian influenza (AI) virus infects both animal and human. Low pathogenic AI virus infections (some H7 and H9 subtypes) have been reported all over the world and pose a potential threat to the poultry industry. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent virus infection. However, vaccination makes it difficult to differentiate between vaccinated chickens and infected chickens. In order to differentiate vaccinated chickens from naturally infected chickens, we adopted synthetic peptide-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the peptide sequences from nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of H9N2. Five synthetic peptides were designed using Protein Variability Sever (http://imed.med.ucm.es/PVS/) and synthesized. NS1-1 ~ NS1-4 peptides failed to detect serum antibodies from both vaccinated and naturally infected chickens. NS1-5 peptide from the C-terminal NS1 protein detected serum antibody from naturally infected chickens but not vaccinated chickens. These results imply that NS1-5 peptide may be a useful tool to differentiate naturally infected chicken from vaccinated chicken as being used in the synthetic peptide-based ELISA.


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Animales , Humanos , Anticuerpos , Pollos , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Gripe Aviar , Péptidos , Aves de Corral , Vacunación , Virus
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