GROUP-SPECIFIC SERUM ANTIBODY-RESPONSES IN CHILDREN WITH PRIMARY AND RECURRENT RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-INFECTIONS
GROUP-SPECIFIC SERUM ANTIBODY-RESPONSES IN CHILDREN WITH PRIMARY AND RECURRENT RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-INFECTIONS
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/164.1.15
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发表时间:
1991-07-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
MURPHY, BR
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作者:
MUELENAER, PM;HENDERSON, FW;MURPHY, BR
Antigenic group-specific serum antibody responses to first and second respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were studied in children who had been followed longitudinally from early infancy in a research day-care center. Plaque-reduction neutralizing (PRN) antibody assays and ELISAs for the fusion (F) and attachment (G) glycoproteins were done using antigens of prototype RSV strains from groups A and B. Responses to antigens of viruses homologous and heterologous to the antigenic group of the infecting viral strain were compared. Primary group A infection elicited antibodies cross-reactive with group B virus in the PRN(B) and the ELISAs for G(B) and F(B). In contrast, primary group B infection induced significant increases in mean concentrations of antibody cross-reactive with group A virus only in the F(A) ELISA. Second RSV infections caused by group B viruses in children with histories of primary group A infection induced heterologous rises in the PRN(A) and G(A) assays, suggesting that prior group A infection had primed for a more extensive cross-reacting antibody response at the time of second RSV infections with group B viruses.