Title
Detection of antibodies to Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti using linear peptides
Date Issued
01 September 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tagliafierro T.
Joshi S.
Sameroff S.
Marques A.
Dumler J.S.
Mishra N.
Sanchez-Vicente S.
Wormser G.P.
Lipkin W.I.
Tokarz R.
State University of New York
Publisher(s)
Elsevier GmbH
Abstract
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti are emerging tick-borne pathogens in the United States. Although active infection is typically diagnosed by direct diagnostic tests, such as blood smear or polymerase chain reaction assay, serologic assays can be helpful to identify past infections, and the use of acute plus convalescent testing can potentially identify recent infections. We employed a peptide array to select sets of linear peptides for serologic diagnosis of infections with A. phagocytophilum and B. microti. Three optimal peptides were selected for each agent based on their performance with clinical specimens. All three A. phagocytophilum peptides were located within the conserved fragments of the MSP2 antigen. Two B. microti peptides were located in the N terminus of the SA-1 antigen; the third was in the BMN 1-17 antigen. We found that these peptides can be a useful tool for detection of antibody reactivity to both of these pathogens.
Volume
13
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Inmunología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85133917590
PubMed ID
Source
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
ISSN of the container
1877959X
Sponsor(s)
This study was funded by grants from the Global Lyme Alliance and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health ( 1ZIAAI000695 ).
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