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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2010

Anthrax spore detection by a luminex assay based on monoclonal antibodies that recognize anthrose-containing oligosaccharides.

Marco Tamborrini, Marcelle Holzer, Peter H Seeberger, Nadia Schürch, Gerd Pluschke

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marco TamborriniSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstr. 57, CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland. marco.tamborrini@unibas.ch.
Marcelle Holzer
Peter H Seeberger
Nadia Schürch
Gerd Pluschke
Spiez Laboratory · CHFreie Universität Berlin · DEMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Antibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalAmino SugarsBacillus anthracisBacillus cereusBacteriological TechniquesCross ReactionsDeoxyglucoseImmunoassayMicrospheresOligosaccharidesSensitivity and SpecificitySpores, Bacterial4,6-dideoxy-4-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanamido)-2-O-methylglucopyranoseAmino SugarsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalDeoxyglucoseOligosaccharides

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PMID20660139
PMCPMC2944465
OpenAlexW2163192539

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