Simultaneous Detection of Antibodies to Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus by Using Flow Cytometry and a Microsphere-based Fluorescence Immunoassay

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1988 Oct 1

PMID 2846633

Citations 10

Authors

T M McHugh

R C Miner

L H LOGAN

D P Stites

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Abstract

A sensitive assay for the simultaneous detection of anti-cytomegalovirus and anti-herpes simplex virus antibodies was developed. Two different sizes of polystyrene microspheres were coated with purified viral antigens. Human antiviral antibodies were detected with a biotin-streptavidin amplification procedure with phycoerythrin as the fluorescent label. Microsphere-associated fluorescence was quantitated with a flow cytometer. Sixteen percent of samples initially scored as seronegative for cytomegalovirus and 35% of samples initially scored as seronegative for herpes simplex virus by conventional assays were clearly found positive by the microsphere technique. This flow cytometric assay can simultaneously detect several specific antibodies at levels which are below the sensitivity of standard assays. The dynamic range of this assay is at least sixfold greater than that of enzyme immunoassays. This technique is amenable to numerous serologic assays and could greatly expand the clinical laboratory applications of flow cytometry.

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