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ArticleSingapore medical journal2015

Production of a fragment of glycoprotein G of herpes simplex virus type 2 and evaluation of its diagnostic potential.

Tao Liu, Ji Feng Liu, Hua Yu, Guo Jing Si, Jun Hu, Jun Li

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Article in Singapore medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tao LiuMicrobiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Ji Feng LiuDepartment of Dermatology, The Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Hua YuMicrobiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Guo Jing SiMicrobiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jun HuMicrobiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jun LiMicrobiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou · CNHangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHerpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the most common cause of genital herpes. Glycoprotein G (gG) is a prototype antigen for type-specific serodiagnosis distinguishing between HSV type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 infections. As immunological diagnosis kits for accurate differentiation between HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibodies can be expensive, there is a need to develop a convenient, sensitive, specific and cost-effective serodiagnostic kit.

methodsWe successfully expressed a fragment of gG comprising residues 321-580 of HSV-2 with histidine tag (gG(321-580His)) in a Bac-to-Bac baculovirus expression system, which had an antigenicity similar to its native counterpart. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed using gG(321-580His) as the diagnostic antigen and evaluated by comparison with a commercial HerpeSelect 2 ELISA immunoglobulin G kit as reference.

resultsIn testing 318 field serum samples, the diagnostic relative sensitivity and specificity of the developed gG(321-580His)-ELISA test in qualitative comparison with the commercial kit were 93.81% and 96.74%, respectively, and the accuracy was 94.65%.

conclusionThe study indicates that gG(321-580His) has a high diagnostic potential for HSV-2 virus serodiagnosis in humans.

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AdultAntibodies, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHerpes GenitalisHerpes SimplexHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanHumansImmunoglobulin GMalePolymerase Chain ReactionReagent Kits, DiagnosticReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GReagent Kits, Diagnosticbaculovirus expression systemglycoprotein Gherpes simplex virus type 2immunodominant fragmentindirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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PMID25532518
PMCPMC4469854
OpenAlexW2335257660

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