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Koga,Paula Célia Mariko; Menezes,Caroline Anunciação; Lima,Flávia Afonso; Nara,Júlia Mitico; Magalhães,Caroline Arantes; Cianciarullo,Aurora Marques; Ferreira-Júnior,Jorge Mario da Costa; Trabulsi,Luiz Rachid; Mendes-Ledesma,Meire Roberta Bresciani; Piazza,Roxane Maria Fontes. |
Intimins are outer membrane proteins expressed by enteric bacterial pathogens capable of inducing intestinal attachment-and-effacement lesion (A/E). Through immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, flow citometry and immunogold we observed that the obtained polyclonal antibody against conserved intimin region recognizes the different intimin subtypes and suggests that it can be used as a tool for EPEC and EHEC detection. Besides, immuno-dot assay seems to be a possible alternative as a capture method. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Intimin; Phenotypical analysis; Polyclonal antibody; EPEC; EHEC. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500002 |
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Menezes,Caroline Anunciação; Gonçalves,Danielle Silva; Amianti,Jackeline; Fernandes,Irene; Taddei,Carla Romano; Koga,Paula Célia Mariko; Trabulsi,Luiz Rachid; Martinez,Marina Baquerizo; Piazza,Roxane Maria Fontes. |
A capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which detects LT-I toxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains, has beendeveloped. This capture assay was performed using the IgG enriched fraction of anti-LT-I antiserum and IgG2b anti-LT-I monoclonal antibody and allowed a clear distinction between E. coli LT-I - producing and non-producing strains. The estimated accuracy of the assay is 78% for sensitivity, 94% for specificity and 92% for efficiency. Thus, the capture immunoassayis a sensitive tool for detection of E. coli, which produces heat-labile enterotoxin, and is suitable for use in clinical laboratories and epidemiological surveys in developing world. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Detection; Polyclonal antibody; Monoclonal antibody; Thermo-labile toxin; E. coli. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500004 |
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