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C R Salenstedt

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PubMed1988

Evaluation of serologic assays for diagnosis of whooping cough.

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgA response to Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertussis toxin (PT) and a neutralization test (NT) in a microplate tissue culture assay for neutralizing antibodies to PT were evaluated in paired sera from 90 patients with culture-confirmed pertussis. Eighty patients were children (age, less than 15 years), and 6 of 80 children had been immunized with three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine as infants. A significant titer rise (greater than or equal to twofold), determined by ELISA, of IgG, IgM, and IgA to FHA was recorded in 75 (83%), 28 (31%), and 47 (52%) of the patients, respectively. A significant titer rise to PT in IgG was found in 83 (92%), IgM in 29 (32%), and IgA in 44 (49%) of the patients. A significant titer rise to FHA or PT in IgG was found in 88 (98%) of the patients, in combination with a significant rise in the titer of IgA to FHA. These data were obtained in a single serum dilution of 1:500. Titrations performed later showed that the titer rise to FHA in IgG was a mean of 6.5-fold, which was significantly lower than the mean 67.0-fold rise in IgG to PT (P less than 0.001). The mean titer of IgG to FHA in convalescent-phase serum was 270, which was also significantly lower than the mean PT titer of 2,943 (P less than 0.001). A significant rise (greater than or equal to fourfold) in PT titer by NT was found in 58 of 83 (70%) of the patients. The NT was significantly less sensitive than the ELISA for the determination of the IgG titer to PT ( P< 0.001). Results showed that a 100% (90 of 90) sensitivity in terms of titer rises was achieved in the serologic diagnosis of pertussis by ELISA in a single-point determination of the IgG and IgA responses to FHA and of the IgG response to PT.

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PubMed1972

Seroimmunity to poliomyelitis in Sweden after the use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for 10 years.

This study was undertaken in 1968 in collaboration with the World Health Organization as part of a co-operative evaluation of vaccination programmes. The situation in Sweden was of particular interest as only inactivated vaccines had been used for immunization against poliomyelitis. The WHO programme includes evaluation of both seroimmunity and resistance to poliovirus infection but the present report concerns only the serological studies.About 3 000 people, selected on a statistical basis as being a representative sample of the Swedish population, were sent questionnaires concerning their vaccinations against poliomyelitis. Answers were returned by 90% of the sample population and blood samples were collected from 2 294 persons. More than 95% of subjects under 30 years of age had received 2 or more injections, but the proportion of vaccinated individuals decreased slightly among people over 30 years of age. In the oldest age group questioned (60-70 years) only 20% had been vaccinated. Antibodies to the 3 types of poliovirus were present in more than 95% of the sera in all age groups except two. Samples seronegative to one or more types of virus were found in about 15% of people in the oldest age group and among children vaccinated during the first years of poliovirus vaccination (1957-61).

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