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dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Becerra, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorSanz, Sergi
dc.contributor.authorBrucet, Marina
dc.contributor.authorStanisic, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Fabiana
dc.contributor.authorCamargo, Erney
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMueller, Ivo
dc.contributor.authordel Portillo, Hernando
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:01:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-04-20T07:46:02Z
dc.identifier.issn1475-2875
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1475-2875-9-29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37992
dc.description.abstractBackground Progress towards the development of a malaria vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the most widely distributed human malaria parasite, will require a better understanding of the immune responses that confer clinical protection to patients in regions where malaria is endemic. Methods Glutathione S-transferase (GST) and GST-fusion proteins representing the N- terminus of the merozoite surface protein 1 of P. vivax, PvMSP1-N, and the C-terminus, PvMSP1-C, were covalently coupled to BioPlex carboxylated beads. Recombinant proteins and coupled beads were used, respectively, in ELISA and Bioplex assays using immune sera of P. vivax patients from Brazil and PNG to determine IgG and subclass responses. Concordances between the two methods in the seropositivity responses were evaluated using the Kappa statistic and the Spearman's rank correlation. Results The results using this methodology were compared with the classical microtitre enzyme-linked immnosorbent assay (ELISA), showing that the assay was sensitive, reproducible and had good concordance with ELISA; yet, further research into different statistical analyses seems desirable before claiming conclusive results exclusively based on multiplex assays. As expected, results demonstrated that PvMSP1 was immunogenic in natural infections of patients from different endemic regions of Brazil and Papua New Guinea (PNG), and that age correlated only with antibodies against the C-terminus part of the molecule. Furthermore, the IgG subclass profiles were different in these endemic regions having IgG3 predominantly recognizing PvMSP1 in Brazil and IgG1 predominantly recognizing PvMSP1 in PNG. Conclusions This study validates the use of the multiplex assay to measure naturally-acquired IgG antibodies against the merozoite surface protein 1 of P. vivax.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto8
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMalaria Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHumoural immunology and immunochemistry
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320405
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.titleNaturally-acquired humoral immune responses against the N- and C- termini of the Plasmodium vivax MSP1 protein in endemic regions of Brazil and Papua New Guinea using a multiplex assay
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Fernandez-Becerra et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorStanisic, Danielle


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