THE PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RABBIT ANTISERUM AND MURINE MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO HAEMOPHILUS-DUCREYI

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FINN, GY [1 ]
KARIM, QN [1 ]
EASMON, CSF [1 ]
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[1] ST MARYS HOSP,SCH MED,WRIGHT FLEMING INST,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,PRAED ST,LONDON W2 1PG,ENGLAND
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10.1099/00222615-31-3-219
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Rabbit antiserum and murine monoclonal antibodies were raised against a strain of Haemophilus ducreyi. The antiserum gave high immunofluorescence titres and strong dot blot reactions with all H. ducreyi strains tested and the only cross reaction was with Bordetella pertussis. Three monoclonal antibodies, all of isotype IgG2a, also gave high immunofluorescence titres with H. ducreyi but did not cross react with any other species tested. Immunoblotting showed the monoclonal antibodies to react with a single polypeptide band of mol. wt 29000 in the outer-membrane fraction of H. ducreyi. These antibodies have potential for use as diagnostic reagents and for investigating the pathogenicity of H. ducreyi.
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