title: Detection and comparison of viral antigens in measles and rubella rashes.
abstract: Measles and rubella skin lesions were immunocytochemically compared by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method for detecting viral antigens. Cryostat sections of biopsied specimens of the skin were stained with mouse monoclonal antibodies to P protein of measles virus and to E1 protein of rubella virus. The measles virus antigen was concentrated in the corneal layer and the keratinocytes of the epidermis and in the surface part of the dermis in the biopsy secimens taken within 6 days after the onset of rash. On the other hand, the rubella virus antigen was dispersed in all parts of the dermis and the subcutaneous layer but not in the epidermis in the biopsy specimens taken within 2 days after the onset of rash. The differences in the distribution and density of the viral antigen and in the times of its detection suggest distinct patterns of spread of infection with each virus in the skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virus Disease and Vaccine Control, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umino
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002648:Child; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011817:Rabbits; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; C055859:P protein, Sendai virus; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C061826:E1 envelope protein, Rubella virus