Accession Number:

ADA544081

Title:

Analysis of the Cross-Reactivity of Various 56 kDa Recombinant Protein Antigens with Serum Samples Collected after Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection by ELISA

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER SILVER SPRING MD RICKETTSIAL DISEASES DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Chao, Chien-Chung
• Huber, Erin S.
• Porter, Terrisita B.
• Zhang, Zhiwen
• Ching, Wei-Mei

Report Date:

2011-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Orientia tsutsugamushi, the etiologic agent of scrub typhus, has a highly expressed and immunodominant 56-kD outer membrane protein. This protein is one of the leading candidates for diagnosis and vaccine development for scrub typhus. Previous studies using recombinant 56-kD protein r56s derived from Karp strain Kpr56 in a mouse model have shown good homologous protection but only moderate to poor heterologous protection. We evaluated the cross-reactivity of recombinant 56-kD proteins from Karp, Kato, Gilliam, TA763, and three chimeric 56-kD proteins. Not all r56s are equally reactive with strain-specific serum samples. These data provide a first glance of how reactive these r56s are toward the antiserum of different strains and which r56 exhibits the broadest reactivity. A formulation of this combination has the potential to provide broad protection against the heterologous challenge and to be used in a highly sensitive diagnostic assay.

Descriptors:

• *SCRUB TYPHUS
• PROTEINS
• STRAINS(BIOLOGY)
• TABLES(DATA)
• VACCINES
• MICE
• ASSAYING
• ANTIGENS
• REPRINTS
• IMMUNE SERUMS

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE