Tsunetsugu-Yokota Yasuko, Nishimura Kengo, Misawa Shuhei, Kobayashi-Ishihara Mie, Takahashi Hitoshi, Takayama Ikuyo, Ohnishi Kazuo, Itamura Shigeyuki, Nguyen Hang L K, Le Mai T Q, Dang Giang T, Nguyen Long T, Tashiro Masato, Kageyama Tsutomu
Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 3;14:362. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-362.
Sporadic emergence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus infection in humans is a serious concern because of the potential for a pandemic. Conventional or quantitative RT-PCR is the standard laboratory test to detect viral influenza infections. However, this technology requires well-equipped laboratories and highly trained personnel. A rapid, sensitive, and specific alternative screening method is needed.
By a luminescence-linked enzyme immunoassay, we have developed a H5N1 HPAI virus detection kit using anti-H5 hemagglutinin monoclonal antibodies in combination with the detection of a universal NP antigen of the type A influenza virus. The process takes 15 minutes by use of the fully automated luminescence analyzer, POCube.
We tested this H5/A kit using 19 clinical specimens from 13 patients stored in Vietnam who were infected with clade 1.1 or clade 2.3.4 H5N1 HPAI virus. Approximately 80% of clinical specimens were H5-positive using the POCube system, whereas only 10% of the H5-positive samples were detected as influenza A-positive by an immunochromatography-based rapid diagnostic kit.
This novel H5/A kit using POCube is served as a rapid and sensitive screening test for H5N1 HPAI virus infection in humans.
高致病性禽流感(HPAI)H5N1病毒在人类中偶发感染,因其可能引发大流行而备受关注。传统或定量逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)是检测病毒性流感感染的标准实验室检测方法。然而,该技术需要设备精良的实验室和训练有素的人员。因此需要一种快速、灵敏且特异的替代筛查方法。
通过发光连接酶免疫测定法,我们开发了一种H5N1高致病性禽流感病毒检测试剂盒,该试剂盒使用抗H5血凝素单克隆抗体,并结合检测甲型流感病毒的通用核蛋白(NP)抗原。使用全自动发光分析仪POCube进行该检测过程只需15分钟。
我们使用来自越南存储的13名感染1.1分支或2.3.4分支H5N1高致病性禽流感病毒患者的19份临床标本对该H5/A试剂盒进行了测试。使用POCube系统时,约80%的临床标本H5呈阳性,而基于免疫层析的快速诊断试剂盒仅检测出10%的H5阳性样本为甲型流感阳性。
这种使用POCube的新型H5/A试剂盒可作为人类H5N1高致病性禽流感病毒感染的快速灵敏筛查检测方法。