Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo
In order to define an accurate assay for anti-adenovirus antibody detection, a recently developed ELISA was compared with IFA and CF. On 58 sera, the ELISA was more sensitive than both CF and IFA, which showed relative sensitivities of 63% and 94%, respectively. It was not possible to determine the...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e5827879661f4c959b61af498b817aaf 2024-09-09T19:27:17+00:00 Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo Adriana Weinberg Maria Cristina D. S. Fink Sueko Takimoto Maria Akiko Ishida Maria Cândida O. Souza 1989-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000500007 https://doaj.org/article/e5827879661f4c959b61af498b817aaf EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651989000500007 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651989000500007 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/e5827879661f4c959b61af498b817aaf Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 31, Iss 5, Pp 336-340 (1989) Adenovirus serology Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Adenovirus infection in children Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1989 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000500007 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z In order to define an accurate assay for anti-adenovirus antibody detection, a recently developed ELISA was compared with IFA and CF. On 58 sera, the ELISA was more sensitive than both CF and IFA, which showed relative sensitivities of 63% and 94%, respectively. It was not possible to determine the exact specificity of the tests because of the lack of a gold standard. Furthermore, the ELISA was used to define the prevalence of adenovirus antibodies in 116 infants between 1 and 24 months old (mean 7.28). The data showed that maternal antibodies waned by the age of 5 to 6 months and that more than 80% of the children had been infected by adenoviruses by the age of 10 months. Com a finalidade de encontrar um ensaio preciso para a detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovírus, o teste ELISA recentemente padronizado foi comparado à imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) e à fixação de complemento (FC). Após testar 58 soros, o ELISA demonstrou maior sensibilidade do que a IFI e a FC, que mostraram sensibilidades relativas de 94% e 63%, respectivamente. A falta de um padrão universal não permitiu alcançar conclusões definitivas quanto à especificidade dos ensaios. Além disso, o ELISA foi utilizado para estabelecer a prevalência de anticorpos anti-adenovírus em 116 crianças entre 1 e 24 meses de idade (média 7.28). Os dados mostraram que os anticorpos maternos desaparecem ao redor dos 5 a 6 meses de idade e que mais de 80% das crianças tinham sido infectadas antes dos 10 meses de idade. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 31 5 336 340 |
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In order to define an accurate assay for anti-adenovirus antibody detection, a recently developed ELISA was compared with IFA and CF. On 58 sera, the ELISA was more sensitive than both CF and IFA, which showed relative sensitivities of 63% and 94%, respectively. It was not possible to determine the exact specificity of the tests because of the lack of a gold standard. Furthermore, the ELISA was used to define the prevalence of adenovirus antibodies in 116 infants between 1 and 24 months old (mean 7.28). The data showed that maternal antibodies waned by the age of 5 to 6 months and that more than 80% of the children had been infected by adenoviruses by the age of 10 months. Com a finalidade de encontrar um ensaio preciso para a detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovírus, o teste ELISA recentemente padronizado foi comparado à imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) e à fixação de complemento (FC). Após testar 58 soros, o ELISA demonstrou maior sensibilidade do que a IFI e a FC, que mostraram sensibilidades relativas de 94% e 63%, respectivamente. A falta de um padrão universal não permitiu alcançar conclusões definitivas quanto à especificidade dos ensaios. Além disso, o ELISA foi utilizado para estabelecer a prevalência de anticorpos anti-adenovírus em 116 crianças entre 1 e 24 meses de idade (média 7.28). Os dados mostraram que os anticorpos maternos desaparecem ao redor dos 5 a 6 meses de idade e que mais de 80% das crianças tinham sido infectadas antes dos 10 meses de idade. |
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo |
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo |
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo |
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo |
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population Ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de São Paulo |
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enzyme linked immunosorbent assay: determination of anti-adenovirus antibodies in an infant population ensaio imunoenzimático: detecção de anticorpos anti-adenovirus numa população infantil de são paulo |
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