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ArticlePloS one2019

Immunoassay for serodiagnosis of Zika virus infection based on time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer.

Lauri Kareinen, Satu Hepojoki, Eili Huhtamo, Essi M Korhonen, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Klaus Hedman, Jussi Hepojoki, Olli Vapalahti

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Lauri KareinenUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2525-7817
Satu HepojokiUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0696-1879
Eili HuhtamoUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.
Essi M KorhonenUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.
Jonas Schmidt-ChanasitInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Klaus HedmanUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.
Jussi HepojokiUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5699-214X
Olli VapalahtiUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen causing a febrile illness with arthralgia, conjunctivitis and rash. The complications include Guillain-Barré syndrome, congenital brain and other abnormalities and miscarriage. The serodiagnosis of ZIKV infection is hampered by cross-reactivity with other members of the Flavivirus family, notably dengue (DENV). This report describes a novel serological platform for the diagnosis of ZIKV infection. The approach utilizes time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) elicited by two chromophore-labeled proteins (a ZIKV antigen and a super-antigen) simultaneously binding to a given antibody molecule. The antigen used in the assay is ZIKV non-structural protein 1 (NS1) and the super-antigen is bacterial protein L. Three assay variants were developed: the first measuring all anti-ZIKV-NS1 antibodies (LFRET), the second measuring IgM and IgA (acute-LFRET) and the third measuring IgG (immunity-LFRET). The assays were evaluated with a panel of samples from clinical ZIKV cases in travelers (n = 25) and seronegative (n = 24) samples. DENV (n = 38), yellow fever (n = 16) and tick-borne-encephalitis (n = 20) seropositive samples were examined for assessment of flavivirus cross-reactivity. The diagnostic sensitivities of the respective LFRET assays were 92%, 100% and 83%, and the diagnostic specificities 88%, 95% and 100% for LFRET, acute-LFRET and immunity-LFRET. Furthermore, we evaluated the assays against a widely-used commercial ELISA. In conclusion, the new FRET-based serological approaches based on NS1 protein are applicable to diagnosing zika virus infections in travelers and differentiating them from other flavivirus infections.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferSerologic TestsCohort StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunoassayImmunoglobulinsTime FactorsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionImmunoglobulins

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PMID31335898
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