Use of monoclonal antibodies to lipopolysaccharide for antigenic analysis of Coxiella burnetii.
Antigenic differences among Coxiella burnetii strains were analyzed. The monoclonal antibodies against the lipopolysaccharide outer core did not react with the strains containing a QpRS plasmid or with plasmidless strains, whereas they reacted with strains containing a QpH1 or QpDV plasmid. C. burnetii isolates could be divided into two groups immunologically.
Hotta
Akitoyo
A
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
Kawamura
Midori
M
To
Ho
H
Andoh
Masako
M
Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi
T
Fukushi
Hideto
H
Amano
Ken-Ichi
K
Hirai
Katsuya
K
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D010957:Plasmids; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D012703:Serotyping
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides