Macnaughton M R, Flowers D, Isaacs D
J Med Virol. 1983;11(4):319-25. doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890110407.
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for diagnosing human coronavirus (HCV) infections in children. One hundred and seventy seven nose swabs, throat swabs, and nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from 30 children suffering from acute respiratory infections. These samples were tested for HCV antigens by ELISA and 28.2% of the samples were shown to be HCV positive. These results indicate that our ELISA should prove useful in the diagnosis of HCV infections in children. Further studies are in progress to extend the ELISA to detect HCVs in experimentally and naturally acquired infections in adults.
已开发出一种酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)用于诊断儿童人类冠状病毒(HCV)感染。从30名患有急性呼吸道感染的儿童中收集了177份鼻拭子、咽拭子和鼻咽抽吸物。通过ELISA对这些样本进行HCV抗原检测,结果显示28.2%的样本为HCV阳性。这些结果表明,我们的ELISA在诊断儿童HCV感染方面应会证明是有用的。正在进行进一步研究,以扩展该ELISA用于检测成人实验性和自然获得性感染中的HCV。