Highly Sensitive Assay for Human Herpesvirus 8 Antibodies That Uses a Multiple Antigenic Peptide Derived from Open Reading Frame K8.1

AUTOR(ES)

Lam, Lee L.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The immunodominant region of the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), the antibody-binding site of glycoprotein K8.1A, was mapped to the N-terminal region by using overlapping peptides and a residue replacement method. The main epitope was located within residues 44 to 56 (GQVYQDWL----C). Based on this information, we developed an enzyme immunoassay to detect HHV-8 antibodies in human sera using a four-branch multiple antigenic peptide as the antigen. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay were 96 and 99.4%, respectively. This assay should be useful for population-based, epidemiological studies of HHV-8 infection.

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