title: Outer membrane protein serosubtyping of Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: A system for typing Neisseria meningitidis has been developed which uses monoclonal antibodies against two separate classes of outer membrane proteins (class 1 and class 2/3) in addition to capsular polysaccharide serogrouping. It was shown that class 1 outer membrane protein subtypes are common to meningococcal reference strains of different serotypes. Application of the system to 50 group B meningococcal patient isolates revealed that 75% could be categorized as class 1 subtypes. The typing system has potential usefulness in epidemiological surveillance and vaccine development.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000032:analysis; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins