Induction of fimbriated Vibrio cholerae O139.

Autor: Ehara M; Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Japan. ehara@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp, Iwami M, Ichinose Y, Hirayama T, Albert MJ, Sack RB, Shimodori S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology [Clin Diagn Lab Immunol] 1998 Jan; Vol. 5 (1), pp. 65-9.
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.5.1.65-69.1998
Abstrakt: Several fimbriated phases of Vibrio cholerae O139 strains were selectively induced and compared immunologically and biochemically with those of V. cholerae O1. Fimbrial antigens were detected on the surfaces of vibrio cells colonizing the epithelial cells of a rabbit small intestine. Convalescent-phase sera from six individuals infected with V. cholerae O139 revealed the development of antibody against the fimbrillin. These findings suggest that the fimbriae of V. cholerae O1 and O139 are expressed in vivo during infection and that consideration must be given to the use of fimbrial antigens as components of vaccines against cholera.
Databáze: MEDLINE