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ArticleComparative medicine2008

P26-based serodiagnosis for Bartonella spp. infection in cats.

Jonathan A Werner, Sunlian Feng, Bruno B Chomel, Emir Hodzic, Rickie W Kasten, Stephen W Barthold

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Article in Comparative medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan A WernerCenter for Comparative Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Sunlian Feng
Bruno B Chomel
Emir Hodzic
Rickie W Kasten
Stephen W Barthold
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

LABORATORY MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAMT32RR007038 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI BARTHOLD, STEPHEN WILLIAM · 1988 to 2011
$4.0M
NCRR NIH HHS T32 RR007038NCRR NIH HHS T32 RR07038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bartonella henselae P26 has been identified as an immunodominant antigen expressed during feline infection. We used antisera from cats experimentally infected with B. henselae (n = 6), B. clarridgeiae (n = 4), or B. koehlerae (n = 2) and from a sample of naturally infected cats (B. henselae, n = 34; B. clarridgeiae, n = 1) to evaluate recombinant P26 (rP26) as a serodiagnostic antigen. Immunoblots using antisera from cats infected with B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae reacted strongly with rP26, whereas B. koehlerae antisera did not. A capture ELISA was designed to evaluate the kinetics of rP26 IgG in sera from experimentally infected cats. For B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae antisera, the kinetic profiles of reactivity were similar for rP26 capture ELISA and Bartonella spp. indirect fluorescence assay. However, for B. koehlerae antisera, reactivity in rP26 capture ELISA was consistently low. The serodiagnostic potential of rP26 capture ELISA was evaluated using sera from cats with known Bartonella sp. exposure histories. All 24 (100%) uninfected cats were seronegative, and 33 of 35 (94.3%) cats bacteremic for Bartonella spp. were seropositive. We propose that rP26-based serology can serve as a useful adjunct tool for the diagnosis of feline infection with B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae, but it may not be useful for feline infection with B. koehlerae.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, ViralBartonella henselaeBartonella InfectionsBlotting, WesternCat DiseasesCatsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansRecombinant ProteinsSerologic TestsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, ViralRecombinant Proteins

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PMID18724780
PMCPMC2706038
OpenAlexW29098516

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