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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1299-1303, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1299-1303.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Significant Improvement of the Recombinant Borrelia-Specific Immunoglobulin G Immunoblot Test by Addition of VlsE and a DbpA Homologue Derived from Borrelia garinii for Diagnosis of Early Neuroborreliosis

Ulrike Schulte-Spechtel,1 Gisela Lehnert,1 Gaby Liegl,1 Volker Fingerle,1 Christiane Heimerl,1 Barbara J. B. Johnson,2 and Bettina Wilske1*

Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-80336 Munich, Germany,1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado 805222

Received 13 May 2002/ Returned for modification 7 August 2002/ Accepted 27 November 2002

We investigated whether the recombinant Borrelia Western blot test previously described (B. Wilske, C. Habermann, V. Fingerle, B. Hillenbrand, S. Jauris-Heipke, G. Lehnert, I. Pradel, D. Rössler, and U. Schulte-Spechtel, Med. Microbiol. Immunol. 188:139-144, 1999) can be improved by the addition of VlsE and additional DbpA and OspC homologues. By using a panel of sera from 36 neuroborreliosis patients and 67 control patients, the diagnostic sensitivity of the recombinant immunoblot test was significantly increased (86.1% versus 52.7%) without loss of specificity and was higher (86.1% versus 63.8%) than that of the conventional whole-cell lysate immunoblot test (U. Hauser, G. Lehnert, R. Lobentanzer, and B. Wilske, J. Clin. Microbiol. 35:1433-1444, 1997). Improvement was mainly due to the presence of VlsE and DbpA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336, Munich, Germany. Phone: 49 89-51605231. Fax: 49 89-51604757. E-mail: Bettina.Wilske{at}mvp-bak.med.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1299-1303, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1299-1303.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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