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      Differentiation of hepatitis B virus genotypes D and E by ELISA using monoclonal antibodies to epitopes on the preS2-region product

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          An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been described for serological determination of hepatitis B virus genotypes, using monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against seven distinct epitopes (b, m, k, s, u, f and g) on the preS2-region products of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The usefulness of this method for serological detection of genotype E, however, was theoretical, because no HBsAg samples of this genotype were included in the original test panel. Moreover, the predicted serotype of genotype E (bksufg) closely resembled that of genotype D (bksu, bksuf or bksug). Four HBsAg samples of genotype E were tested by the original described ELISA. The epitope g, predicted to be present in these samples by amino acid sequences, was not detected when HBsAg of genotype E was captured on a solid phase by mAb to the common determinant 'a' of HBsAg and then reacted with mAb to g (5156) labeled with horseradish peroxidase. However, the four examples of HBsAg of genotype E were captured by mAb 5156 to g on a solid phase; they were then detected by labeled mAb to the common determinant 'a'. Since epitopes f and g co-occurred on HBsAg of genotype E, HBsAg samples of this genotype were also detected, by 'sandwiching' them between immobilized mAb to g and labeled mAb to f. By contrast, HBsAg of genotype D in 90 sera was not reactive when sandwiched between mAb to f and g. Thus, this modified ELISA enables the serological determination of all six genotypes of HBsAg and, by inference, of hepatitis B virus.

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          Journal
          Journal of Virological Methods
          Journal of Virological Methods
          Elsevier BV
          01660934
          June 2000
          June 2000
          : 87
          : 1-2
          : 81-89
          Article
          10.1016/S0166-0934(00)00153-1
          10856755
          b9aafa7b-e994-4300-9707-ba235ca7ffbe
          © 2000

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