Multi-peptide ELISAs overcome cross-reactivity and inadequate sensitivity of conventional Chlamydia pneumoniae serology

Abstract Cross-reactivity of classical chlamydial antigens compromises Chlamydia (C.) pneumoniae serology. By testing with 185 human antisera, we expanded 18 previously discovered C. pneumoniae-specific B-cell epitopes to 48 peptide antigens from 12 C. pneumoniae immunodominant proteins. For specifi...

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Main Authors: Kh Shamsur Rahman, Bernhard Kaltenboeck
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e5c463e59a174b139d0e35b75e70c4a3
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