Sabino E C, Zrein M, Taborda C P, Otani M M, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos G, Sáez-Alquézar A
Fundação Pró-Sangue, São Paulo, Brazil.
J Clin Microbiol. 1999 May;37(5):1324-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.5.1324-1328.1999.
We have evaluated a new serological confirmatory test (INNO-LIA HTLV I/II Ab [INNO-LIA]) for human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) using a large collection of samples from Brazilian blood donors (São Paulo region) and compared the results with those obtained by Western blotting (WB) tests (WB2.3 and WB2.4). Blood donations were initially screened by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) based on viral lysates, and repeatedly reactive samples were further tested by WB2.3. When available, samples were also tested by PCR, two additional ELISAs based on recombinant antigens (recombinant ELISAs), a new-generation WB assay (WB2.4), and the INNO-LIA. Of the 18,169 samples tested, 292 (1.61%) were repeatedly reactive in the ELISAs (viral lysate based) and were further tested by WB2.3; 97 were positive (19 that were typed as HTLV type I [HTLV-I], 12 that were typed as HTLV type II [HTLV-II], and 66 that were nontypeable), 17 were negative, and 178 had indeterminate results. Of the samples with indeterminate results, 172 were tested by INNO-LIA, which could resolve 153 samples as negative. Regarding the positive samples, WB2. 3 and INNO-LIA produced concordant results for all HTLV-I-positive samples, whereas for HTLV-II they agreed for 10 of 12 samples; the 2 samples with discordant results were considered to be positive for HTLV-II by WB with WB2.3 but negative for HTLV-II by INNO-LIA and the two recombinant ELISAs. Furthermore, of the 66 nontypeable samples, 60 underwent testing by INNO-LIA; 54 turned out to be negative by the latter test as well as by recombinant ELISAs. In conclusion, the new serological confirmatory assay for HTLV (INNO-LIA HTLV I/II Ab) resolved the results for the majority of the indeterminate and positive-untypeable samples frequently observed by WB assays.
我们使用来自巴西献血者(圣保罗地区)的大量样本,对一种用于检测人类T细胞白血病病毒(HTLV)的新型血清学确证试验(INNO-LIA HTLV I/II Ab [INNO-LIA])进行了评估,并将结果与蛋白质印迹法(WB)检测(WB2.3和WB2.4)的结果进行了比较。献血最初通过基于病毒裂解物的酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)进行筛查,多次反应性样本进一步通过WB2.3检测。如有可用样本,还通过PCR、另外两种基于重组抗原的ELISA(重组ELISA)、新一代WB测定(WB2.4)和INNO-LIA进行检测。在检测的18169个样本中,292个(1.61%)在ELISA(基于病毒裂解物)中多次反应性,并进一步通过WB2.3检测;97个为阳性(19个被鉴定为HTLV I型 [HTLV-I],12个被鉴定为HTLV II型 [HTLV-II],66个无法分型),17个为阴性,178个结果不确定。在结果不确定的样本中,172个通过INNO-LIA检测,其中153个样本可判定为阴性。对于阳性样本,WB2.3和INNO-LIA对所有HTLV-I阳性样本结果一致,而对于HTLV-II样本,12个样本中有10个结果一致;2个结果不一致的样本,WB2.3的WB检测判定为HTLV-II阳性,但INNO-LIA和两种重组ELISA判定为HTLV-II阴性。此外,在66个无法分型的样本中,60个进行了INNO-LIA检测;其中54个通过后者检测以及重组ELISA检测均为阴性。总之,用于HTLV的新型血清学确证试验(INNO-LIA HTLV I/II Ab)解决了WB检测中经常出现的大多数不确定和阳性但无法分型样本的结果问题。