Cross-reaction between a strain of and O139 Bengal Free

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Of 200 isolates of screened, one from water (N-57) agglutinated with O139 polyclonal antiserum (absorbed with a rough strain of only) and not with O139 polyclonal diagnostic antiserum (absorbed with the rough strain and O22 and O155). The antigenic relationship between O139 and N-57 is of a, b-a, c type, where a is the common antigenic epitope and b and c are unique epitopes. Strain N-57 was assigned to a new serogroup of O194. It gave negative results in a monoclonal antibody-based rapid test and a PCR test specific for O139. It did not possess the ctx gene or produce cholera toxin. Antiserum to strain N-57 cross-protected infant mice against cholera on challenge with O139. Structural studies of the surface polysaccharides and studies of the rfb genes will shed more light on the extent of relatedness between N-57 and O139.

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1999-09-01
2024-03-28
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