Evaluation of an antigen capture ELISA based on recombinant mexico virus capsid protein
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Evaluation of an antigen capture ELISA based on recombinant mexico virus capsid protein
Abstract
Background: The diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections caused by small round structured viruses (SRSV) has relied upon electron microscopy and antigen/antibody assays based on Norwalk virus. We investigated cases of gastroenteritis associated with SRSVs employing a new sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using hyperimmune animal anti-sera against recombinant Mexico virus capsid protein (rMXV).
Study design: One hundred and thirty-five specimens from 86 episodes of gastroenteritis associated with SRSVs, collected in the UK between October 1993 and September 1994, were tested in the rMXV assay.
Results: Forty-seven (35%) specimens from 35 of 86 (41%) episodes were positive in the rMXV ELISA and these could further be divided into high and low reactors. Sequencing of a 266-base region of the RNA polymerase gene revealed that strains highly reactive in the rMXV assay demonstrated a high degree of similarity to MXV (97-99% at the nucleotide level), whereas low-reactive strains consist of Mexico-like strains and a heterogeneous group of viruses exhibiting 70-75% similarity to MXV.
Conclusion: Our results indicate that the rMXV ELISA is predominantly a type specific assay, although some cross reactivity with other genogroup 2 SRSVs was observed. MXV was responsible for 26% of SRSV-associated gastrointestinal infections investigated in the UK during one year's surveillance.
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