Abstract
Non-culture diagnosis and serogroup determination of meningococcal infection is important in contact management where vaccination may be possible. A serogroup B and C PCR ELISA assay for the non-culture diagnosis and serogroup determination has proved invaluable for enhanced epidemiological surveillance and contact management. A polymerase chain reaction assay, based on a restriction fragment length polymorphism in the meningococcal serogroup Y and W135 sialyltransferase (siaD) gene, was developed to enhance the range of non-culture diagnosis of meningococcal infection from clinical samples. The PCR assay was adapted to an ELISA format incorporating hybridisation with serogroup-specific Y and W135 oligonucleotide probes. The serogroup-specific W135 and Y PCR ELISA is a useful addition to currently available serogroup B and C assay for non-culture diagnosis of meningococcal infection and outbreak investigation.
- ,
- assay,
- bacterial,
- bacterial_capsules
- chain
- fragment
- genes,
- immunosorbent
- infections,
- length,
- meningitidis,
- meningococcal
- neisseria
- polymerase
- polymorphism,
- reaction,
- restriction
- serotyping,
- sialyltransferases
- {enzyme-linked}
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