Production in guinea pigs of antibodies to cross-reactive antigenic determinants of human enteroviruses

J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Mar;17(3):458-62. doi: 10.1128/jcm.17.3.458-462.1983.

Abstract

We studied the type specificity of the antisera which were produced in guinea pigs by immunization with heat-disrupted virions of human enteroviruses (echovirus types 7 and 11 and coxsackievirus type B5). When guinea pigs were immunized with heated virions (H particles), the antibodies produced reacted type specifically by complement fixation with the homologous H particles. By contrast, when guinea pigs were immunized with disrupted virions prepared by heating in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, antibodies were produced which reacted broadly. Heterotypic complement-fixing antibody responses of humans to enterovirus infections are discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology*
  • Complement Fixation Tests
  • Cross Reactions
  • Enterovirus / immunology*
  • Epitopes
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Humans
  • Immunization
  • Virion / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Epitopes