Detection of genital herpes simplex infections by a tissue culture-fluorescent-antibody technique with biotin-avidin.
AUTOR(ES)
Nerurkar, L S
RESUMO
Several cell lines were evaluated for their suitability for rapid detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from clinical genital specimens. Human foreskin fibroblast (Flow 7000) cells were found to be most suitable in terms of sensitivity and adherence characteristics. HSV in clinical specimens was isolated by a standard tissue culture method by monitoring the cytopathic effect, and the titers of the HSV-positive specimens were determined. More than 65% of the HSV-positive genital specimens showed titers of less than or equal to 10(4) 50% tissue culture infective doses per ml. The standard tissue culture-cytopathic effect method required 3 to 10 days for detection of HSV in clinical specimens of low infectivity. A more rapid technique was developed which involved a short-term tissue culture (24 h) on Lab-Tek chambers followed by staining with biotin-linked HSV antibody and avidin-fluorescein conjugate. Because of the high binding affinity of this system due to multiple binding of biotin to avidin and multiple attachment of biotin to the antibody molecule, the biotin-avidin fluorescent-antibody technique produced a quality of fluorescence far superior to that of the conventional fluorescent-antibody techniques. The tissue culture-biotin-avidin fluorescent-antibody method was as sensitive as the tissue culture-cytopathic effect test. This method provides an improved, more rapid test (26 h) for detecting HSV in clinical specimens.
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