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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2016

Monoclonal Antibodies for the Diagnosis of Borrelia crocidurae.

Aurélien Fotso Fotso, Oleg Mediannikov, Claude Nappez, Saïd Azza, Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aurélien Fotso Fotso
Oleg Mediannikov
Claude Nappez
Saïd Azza
Didier Raoult
Michel Drancourt
Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Relapsing fever borreliae, produced by ectoparasite-borne Borrelia species, cause mild to deadly bacteremia and miscarriage. In the perspective of developing inexpensive assays for the rapid detection of relapsing fever borreliae, we produced 12 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against Borrelia crocidurae and characterized the two exhibiting the highest titers. P3A10 MAb reacts with the 35.6-kDa flagellin B (flaB) of B. crocidurae while P6D9 MAb recognizes a 35.1-kDa variable-like protein (Vlp) in B. crocidurae and a 35.2-kDa Vlp in Borrelia duttonii. Indirect immunofluorescence assay incorporating relapsing fever and Lyme group borreliae and 11 blood-borne organisms responsible for fever in West Africa confirmed the reactivity of these two MAbs. Combining these two MAbs in indirect immunofluorescence assays detected relapsing fever borreliae including B. crocidurae in ticks and the blood of febrile Senegalese patients. Both antibodies could be incorporated into inexpensive and stable formats suited for the rapid point-of-care diagnosis of relapsing fever. These first-ever MAbs directed against African relapsing fever borreliae are available for the scientific community to promote research in this neglected field.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityBorreliaBorrelia InfectionsHumansMiceTicksAntibodies, Monoclonal

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PMID26598566
PMCPMC4710446
OpenAlexW2235557305

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