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Evaluation of flow cytometry-based fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen test to measure the humoral immunity against the varicella-zoster virus.
Lim, Junmo; Kim, Yunhwa; Hwang, Ji Young; Lee, Kyung Min; Park, Hosun.
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  • Lim J; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea.
  • Kim Y; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea.
  • Hwang JY; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea.
  • Lee KM; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea.
  • Park H; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea.
Heliyon ; 10(16): e36614, 2024 Aug 30.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39262946
ABSTRACT
The fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen (FAMA) test is the gold standard for measuring the immunity induced by varicella vaccines with high sensitivity and specificity. However, certain aspects of the FAMA test, such as time consumption, non-automation, and subjective interpretation by observers using fluorescence microscopy, are obstacles to handling large amounts of samples. To overcome these hurdles, flow cytometry was adopted to analyze and compare the flow FAMA titer with the classic FAMA titer. In addition, to save time in FAMA antigen preparation and reduce lot-to-lot variation, the stability of the FAMA antigen stored in liquid nitrogen was investigated. The FAMA test was performed on sera from 229 children, and antibody titers were analyzed using fluorescence microscopy (classic FAMA) and flow cytometry (flow FAMA). For comparison, glycoprotein enzyme immunoassay (gpEIA) titer was also measured. A strong correlation was found between the flow and classic FAMA titers, and the flow FAMA and gpEIA titers, with Pearson's r of 0.9316 and 0.8588, respectively. Between the classic FAMA and gpEIA titers, the Pearson's r value was 0.8156. The positive percent agreement, negative percent agreement, and area under the curve of the flow FAMA against classic FAMA were 95.0 %, 86.8 %, and 0.909, respectively. And those of the flow FAMA against gpEIA were 80.0 %, 87.6 %, and 0.838, respectively. The FAMA antigen stored in liquid nitrogen was stable for up to 12 months. Based on the above data, flow FAMA has the potential to be used as an alternative to classic FAMA. Moreover, pre-made FAMA antigen may reduce the preparation time and lot-to-lot variation of FAMA test.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido