Behaviour of specific IgM, IgG and IgA class antibodies in human leptospirosis during the acute phase of the disease and during convalescence.
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| Abstract |
The behaviour of specific IgM, IgG and IgA class antibodies in human leptospirosis was studied by ELISA. Two groups of patients were followed up, 57 of them in the acute phase and 10 during convalescence, the latter with a mean follow-up of 10.5 months. IgM class antibodies were detected starting on the 2nd day of symptoms and were observed in 100% of patients up to the 5th month, in 66.7% up to the 7th month and in 50% up to the 12th month after the onset of symptoms. IgG class antibodies were first detected on the 7th day of symptoms in 9.1% of patients, with maximum reactivity (87.5%) between the 2nd and 3rd month, and were not detected at all in one patient. IgA class antibodies were detected starting on the 5th day of symptoms in 7.7% of patients, and in all patients on the 15th day, persisting in 100% of cases up to the 9th follow-up month. During the 12th month, they were observed in 83.3% of patients. The results indicate that an anti IgA ELISA could be of great value in seroprevalence studies on human leptospirosis.
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| Authors | M V Silva, E D Camargo, L Batista, A J Vaz, A P Brandão, P M Nakamura, J M Negrão |
| Journal | The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (J Trop Med Hyg) Vol. 98 Issue 4 Pg. 268-72 (Aug 1995) ISSN: 0022-5304 [Print] England |
| PMID | 7636924 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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