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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2003, p. 1747-1749, Vol. 41, No. 4
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1747-1749.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Lipopolysaccharide for Antigenic Analysis of Coxiella burnetii

Akitoyo Hotta,1 Midori Kawamura,1 Ho To,1 Masako Andoh,1 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi,1 Hideto Fukushi,1 Ken-Ichi Amano,2 and Katsuya Hirai1*

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193,1 Central Research Laboratory, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita 010-8543, Japan2

Received 17 May 2002/ Returned for modification 29 September 2002/ Accepted 16 January 2003

Antigenic differences among Coxiella burnetii strains were analyzed. The monoclonal antibodies against the lipopolysaccharide outer core did not react with the strains containing a QpRS plasmid or with plasmidless strains, whereas they reacted with strains containing a QpH1 or QpDV plasmid. C. burnetii isolates could be divided into two groups immunologically.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-58-293-2945. E-mail: khirai{at}cc.gifu-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2003, p. 1747-1749, Vol. 41, No. 4
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1747-1749.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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