Korean J Infect Dis.
1999 Aug;31(4):309-316.
Development of the Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Anti-HSV-2 Antibody with HSV-2 Specific Monoclonal Antibody
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- 1Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center.
- 2Department of Urology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Dermatology, Eulji Hospital Eulji Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The serological diagnosis of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection has pitfalls, in that most of the antibodies against HSV-2 cross-react with HSV-1 and the prevalence of HSV-1 infection is high, especially in Korea. In this study, we tried to establish the serological diagnostic method, which could detect and measure the specific antibodies against HSV- 2 by competitive immunofluorescent staining method as well as competitive ELISA based on the specific monoclonal antibody, MH2-7.
METHODS
Immunofluorescent staining and western blot analysis were used to characterize the antigens recognized by MH2-7. Competitive immunofluorescent staining (IF), competitive enzyme immunoassay (ELISA), and western blot analysis were used to detect specific antibodies against HSV-2 in patients' sera.
RESULTS
In western blot analysis, the sera from two of six patients clinically diagnosed as genital herpes showed characteristic band patterns, which have been known to be compatible with HSV-2 infection. In competitive immunofluorescent staining, only the sera from the two patients clinically diagnosed as genital herpes and with characteristic band pattern showed competition with MH2-7 monoclonal antibody. The dilution range of the serum showing specific competition was between 1:10 and 1:80. Competitive ELISA was also performed and evaluated as the diagnostic efficacy as ELISA has been known to be advantageous over IF staining in mass screening. The result showed linear dose-response relationship for the patient's sera in inhibition of the reactivity of MH2-7.
CONCLUSION
We suggest that the competitive immunofluorescent staining method and competitive ELISA based on the specific monoclonal antibody MH2-7 is a simple, accurate, and precise method, which can be used in serological diagnosis of HSV-2 infection.
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