HETEROGENEITY OF VP4 NEUTRALIZATION EPITOPES AMONG SEROTYPE P1A HUMAN ROTAVIRUS STRAINS

We have used serotype-specific VP4 and VP7 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (Nt-MAbs), as well as subgroup (SG)-specific MAbs, to characterize by enzyme immunoassay rotavirus strains isolated from diarrheic infants in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, from July 1993 to March 1994. Of a total of 465 c...

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Autores: CONTRERAS, JF, MENCHACA, GE, PADILLANORIEGA, L, TAMEZ, RS, GREENBERG, HB, López, S, Arias, CF
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:1995
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositório:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/3025
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/3025
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
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Resumo:We have used serotype-specific VP4 and VP7 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (Nt-MAbs), as well as subgroup (SG)-specific MAbs, to characterize by enzyme immunoassay rotavirus strains isolated from diarrheic infants in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, from July 1993 to March 1994. Of a total of 465 children studied, 140 were rotavirus positive, including 3 patients infected with non-group A rotaviruses. The SG and VP7 (G) serotype specificities could be determined for 118 (84%) of the 140 rotavirus-positive stool specimens