Casson Nicola, Entenza José M, Greub Gilbert
Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan;45(1):234-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01867-06. Epub 2006 Oct 25.
The serological cross-reactivity between different recently described Chlamydia-related organisms was determined. Mouse sera exhibited a strong reactivity against autologous antigen and closely related heterologous antigen but no cross-reactivity with distantly related species. These results are important to better interpret serological studies and assess the pathogenic role of these obligate intracellular bacteria.
确定了不同的近期描述的衣原体相关生物体之间的血清学交叉反应性。小鼠血清对自身抗原和密切相关的异种抗原有强烈反应,但与远缘物种无交叉反应。这些结果对于更好地解释血清学研究以及评估这些专性细胞内细菌的致病作用很重要。