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Infect Immun. 1986 July; 53(1): 57-63

Serum immune response to Shigella protein antigens in rhesus monkeys and humans infected with Shigella spp.

E V Oaks, T L Hale and S B Formal

ABSTRACT

The serum antibody response to proteins encoded by the virulence-associated plasmid of Shigella flexneri was determined in monkeys challenged with virulent S. flexneri serotype 2a. With water-extractable antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a significant increase in antibody titer against proteins from a plasmid-carrying, virulent strain of S. flexneri serotype 5 could be demonstrated in convalescent sera. There were minimal antibody titers against proteins from an avirulent (plasmid-free) organism. Previously identified plasmid-coded polypeptides a, b, c, and d were predominant antigens recognized by a majority of the convalescent sera in immunoblots. An additional 140-megadalton plasmid-coded polypeptide was also recognized by half of the sera. Convalescent serum from an infected monkey recognized antigens on the bacterial surface in several different plasmid-containing Shigella species and in an enteroinvasive Escherichia coli strain. A survey of sera obtained from children 5 to 10 years of age who had been infected with S. flexneri or S. sonnei revealed high enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay titers in both acute and convalescent sera against a water extract from a virulent Shigella strain. In contrast, children under 3 years of age had no antibody titer in either acute or convalescent sera against the virulence-associated shigella proteins, while 3- to 4-year-old children mounted an immune response against these proteins only in convalescence.

Infect Immun. 1986 July; 53(1): 57-63




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