title: Comparative immunological recognition of proteins from New Guinea "C" dengue virus type 2 prototype and from a dengue virus type 2 strain isolated in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: The protein profiles of the New Guinea "C" dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2)prototype and those of a Brazilian DENV-2 isolated in the State of Rio de Janeiro in 1995 were compared. SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the virus from Rio de Janeiro expresses NS5 (93.0 kDa), NS3 (66.8 kDa) E (62.4 kDa) and NS1 (41.2 kDa) proteins differently from the New Guinea "C" virus. The immunoblot revealed specificity and antigenicity for the NS3 protein from DENV-2 Rio de Janeiro mainly in primary infections, convalescent cases, and in secondary infections in both cases and only antigenicity for E and NS1 proteins for both viruses in primary and secondary infections.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Virologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luzia M de C
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Côrtes
authors.forename: Ortrud M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Josery R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pantoja
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001938:Brazil; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D009512:New Guinea; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins