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ArticlePloS one2010

Specific recognition of influenza A/H1N1/2009 antibodies in human serum: a simple virus-free ELISA method.

Mario M Alvarez, Felipe López-Pacheco, José M Aguilar-Yañez, Roberto Portillo-Lara, Gonzalo I Mendoza-Ochoa, Sergio García-Echauri, Pamela Freiden, Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Manuel I Zertuche-Guerra, David Bulnes-Abundis and 3 more

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mario M AlvarezCentro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México. mario.alvarez@itesm.mx
Felipe López-Pacheco
José M Aguilar-Yañez
Roberto Portillo-Lara
Gonzalo I Mendoza-Ochoa
Sergio García-Echauri
Pamela Freiden
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Manuel I Zertuche-Guerra
David Bulnes-Abundis
Johari Salgado-Gallegos
Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor
Martín Hernández-Torre
Tecnológico de Monterrey · MXSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN266200700005C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough it has been estimated that pandemic Influenza A H1N1/2009 has infected millions of people from April to October 2009, a more precise figure requires a worldwide large-scale diagnosis of the presence of Influenza A/H1N1/2009 antibodies within the population. Assays typically used to estimate antibody titers (hemagglutination inhibition and microneutralization) would require the use of the virus, which would seriously limit broad implementation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsAn ELISA method to evaluate the presence and relative concentration of specific Influenza A/H1N1/2009 antibodies in human serum samples is presented. The method is based on the use of a histidine-tagged recombinant fragment of the globular region of the hemagglutinin (HA) of the Influenza A H1N1/2009 virus expressed in E. coli. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The ELISA method consistently discerns between Inf A H1N1 infected and non-infected subjects, particularly after the third week of infection/exposure. Since it does not require the use of viral particles, it can be easily and quickly implemented in any basic laboratory. In addition, in a scenario of insufficient vaccine availability, the use of this ELISA could be useful to determine if a person has some level of specific antibodies against the virus and presumably at least partial protection.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHemagglutination Inhibition TestsHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanNeutralization TestsSerologic TestsAntibodies, Viral

Identifiers

PMID20418957
PMCPMC2854694
OpenAlexW2004942642

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