title: Monoclonal antibodies to Afipia felis--a putative agent of cat scratch disease.
abstract: Twelve hybridoma clones producing monoclonal antibodies to Afipia felis, a putative causative agent of cat scratch disease, were derived from BALB/c mice immunized with A felis. All 12 monoclonal antibodies were species-specific for A felis and reacted with lipopolysaccharide antigens of A felis. These monoclonal antibodies belong to immunoglobulin (Ig) G1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3, and IgM isotypes. All monoclonal antibodies reacted with both agar-grown A felis and tissue culture-propagated A felis. Formalin fixation did not alter the reactivity of the antigen with the monoclonal antibodies. These monoclonal antibodies could be a useful tool for investigation of the disputed role of A felis in cat scratch disease.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Medecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal