title: Immunoblotting analysis of class-specific antibody response in patients with primary HSV infection.
abstract: Class-specific immune response in acute herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections to individual virus specified polypeptide antigens was analysed by immunoblotting. The HSV specified glycoproteins B (gB), C (gC), and D (gD) were detected. IgG-antibody response was shown to develop to various other virus specific polypeptides as well. The IgM- and IgA-antibody responses remained restricted to only a few HSV specific proteins, namely VP 13 (80 kD), VP 20 (52 kD), and VP 23 (40 kD) and to the low molecular weight polypeptides.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehtinen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koivisto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lehtinen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ylä-Outinen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Romppanen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paavonen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins