TY - JOUR KW - Antigens, Bacterial KW - Disaccharides KW - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay KW - Glycolipids KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Serum Albumin, Bovine KW - Tuberculosis AU - Wu Q X AB -

In this article, optimum conditions of ND-O-BSA-ELISA were determined and comparisons made of the serologic activity of 3 different types of antigens (WML, PGI, ND-O-BSA) in leprosy (151) and tuberculosis (20) patients and normal controls (42). The results indicated that: 1) optimum conditions for ND-O-BSA-ELISA were ND-O-BSA and OPD concentration of 0.1 and 400 micrograms/ml respectively with HRP-IgM and test sera dilutions of 1:1000 and 1:200; and 2) serological activity showed highly significant positive correlations between 3 types of antigens (WML vs PGI: r = 0.88, P less than 0.0005; PGI vs ND-O-BSA: r = 0.86, P less than 0.0005), all of which were highly sensitive and specific for leprosy serodiagnosis with positive rates of 100% (PGI) and 97.4% (WML, ND-O-BSA) in leprosy patients. None were positive in normal controls, but crossreactivity of different degree were present in tuberculosis patients. The authors suggest that PGI-ELISA and ND-O-BSA-ELISA be used in combination in the evaluation of clinical therapeutic efficacy and determination of disease stages, as well as in epidemiologic survey of subclinical leprosy infection in "high-risk" areas.

BT - Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2529991?dopt=Abstract DA - 1989 Jun IS - 3 J2 - Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao LA - chi N2 -

In this article, optimum conditions of ND-O-BSA-ELISA were determined and comparisons made of the serologic activity of 3 different types of antigens (WML, PGI, ND-O-BSA) in leprosy (151) and tuberculosis (20) patients and normal controls (42). The results indicated that: 1) optimum conditions for ND-O-BSA-ELISA were ND-O-BSA and OPD concentration of 0.1 and 400 micrograms/ml respectively with HRP-IgM and test sera dilutions of 1:1000 and 1:200; and 2) serological activity showed highly significant positive correlations between 3 types of antigens (WML vs PGI: r = 0.88, P less than 0.0005; PGI vs ND-O-BSA: r = 0.86, P less than 0.0005), all of which were highly sensitive and specific for leprosy serodiagnosis with positive rates of 100% (PGI) and 97.4% (WML, ND-O-BSA) in leprosy patients. None were positive in normal controls, but crossreactivity of different degree were present in tuberculosis patients. The authors suggest that PGI-ELISA and ND-O-BSA-ELISA be used in combination in the evaluation of clinical therapeutic efficacy and determination of disease stages, as well as in epidemiologic survey of subclinical leprosy infection in "high-risk" areas.

PY - 1989 SP - 220 EP - 4 T2 - Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae TI - [Studies on the serological activity of ND-O-BSA and its application in serodiagnosis of leprosy]. VL - 11 SN - 1000-503X ER -