Common Surface Epitope of Bartonella Bacilliformis and Chlamydia Psittaci

Jürgen Knobloch Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Ralf Bialek Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Günther Müller Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1988.39.427
Volume/Issue:
Volume 39: Issue 5
Page(s):
427–433
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A serosurvey revealed intense cross-reactivity between Bartonella bacilliformis and Chlamydia psittaci. One of the cross-reacting Bartonella antigens was identified as lipopolysaccharide which reacted with Bartonella as well as with Chlamydia serum antibodies. A monoclonal Bartonella antibody bound to Bartonella lipopolysaccharide as well as to the surfaces of Bartonella bacilliformis and Chlamydia psittaci. It was thus demonstrated that Chlamydia psittaci carries a surface epitope identical to an epitope of Bartonella lipopolysaccharide. The lipopolysaccharide was preliminarily characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by a lectin-binding assay. The lipopolysaccharides of Bartonella bacilliformis and Chlamydia psittaci are not identical.
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Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1988
Accepted:
10 May 1988
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Published Online:
Nov 1988
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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