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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
The similarity of endospore surface antigens between bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group complicates the development of selective antibody-based anthrax detection systems. The surface of B. anthracis endospores exposes a tetrasaccharide containing the monosaccharide anthrose. Anti-tetrasaccharide monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and anti-anthrose-rhamnose disaccharide MAbs were produced and tested for their fine specificities in a direct spore enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with inactivated spores of a broad spectrum of B. anthracis strains and related species of the Bacillus genus. Although the two sets of MAbs had different fine specificities, all of them recognized the tested B. anthracis strains and showed only a limited cross-reactivity with two B. cereus strains. The MAbs were further tested for their ability to be implemented in a highly sensitive and specific bead-based Luminex assay. This assay detected spores from different B. anthracis strains and two cross-reactive B. cereus strains, correlating with the results obtained in direct spore ELISA. The Luminex assay (detection limit 10(3) to 10(4) spores per ml) was much more sensitive than the corresponding sandwich ELISA. Although not strictly specific for B. anthracis spores, the developed Luminex assay represents a useful first-line screening tool for the detection of B. anthracis spores.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1556-679X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1446-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Anthrax spore detection by a luminex assay based on monoclonal antibodies that recognize anthrose-containing oligosaccharides.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstr. 57, CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland. marco.tamborrini@unibas.ch.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies