title: Production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against group A, B, and C capsular polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis and preparation of latex reagents.
abstract: Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against capsular polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, and C were produced in order to develop immunological reagents allowing both the detection of soluble antigens during meningococcal meningitis and antigenic serogrouping of N. meningitidis cultures. The performance characteristics of monoclonal and polyclonal antibody latex reagents were compared. For the detection of soluble polysaccharide antigen, polyclonal antibody latex reagent was selected for N. meningitidis A and C. The latex reagent prepared with polyclonal antibodies against N. meningitidis B could not detect capsular polysaccharide even at 1 mg/ml. The monoclonal antibody B latex reagent which detected 100 ng of polysaccharide per ml was therefore chosen. For the serogroup identification of N. meningitidis, the use of a confirmatory test results in an overall specificity of 100% with polyclonal or monoclonal antibody latex reagents.
authors.affiliation: Hybridolab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nato
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mazie
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slizewicz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sagot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guibourdenche
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Postic
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Riou
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial