<strong>Background:</strong> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major viruses that cause respiratory infections in all generations, not only ...<strong>Background:</strong> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major viruses that cause respiratory infections in all generations, not only in neonates and infants. There is a limited number of reports on serological epidemiology of RSV subgroups A and B. Neutralizing test (NT)</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">antibody reflects protective immunity but bothersome. Sero-epidemiological study</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">should be performed using practical NT method. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Two wild-type viruses subgroups A </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and B, isolated in 2013, and the Long strain was used as the challenge viruses.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> NT antibody with 100% inhibition of cytopathic effect (CPE) was examined. </span><a name="_Hlk49358572"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A total of 91 serum samples obtained from 0 to 12</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">years subjects without RSV</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> infection who visited our hospital with some health problems and 121 sera obtained from healthy subjects in different age groups were used.</span></span><span></span><a name="_Hlk49358188"></a><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Serological epidemiology of subgroups A and B was investigated in this study</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">using new NT methods.</span></span><a name="_Hlk49359976"></a><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1)</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A simple and practical NT method </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">was de</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">veloped. 2) The NT antibody titer was lowest in <1 year of age (5</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">×</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1.70</span></sup></span></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span></sup></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2.03</span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> against subgroup A and 5</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">×</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.85</span></sup></span></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span></sup></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1.31</span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> against subgroup B) and increased in 3 years of age or older, and high antibody titers were maintained during school age. 3) A slight difference was observed in the NT antibody titers against subgroups A and Bin young children <3 years, but not after 3 years of age, reflecting the repeated infections. 4) Specific IgG antibody against RSV was measured. The IgG EIA values decreased with age. No association was observed between IgG EIA and NT titers.</span></span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusions:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A simple NT assay method was developed in the present study. By the age of 3 years, high NT antibody titers were observed and maintained until 12 years. The IgG (EIA) values decreased with age. No association was observed between IgG (EIA) and NT titers.</span></span>展开更多
文摘<strong>Background:</strong> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major viruses that cause respiratory infections in all generations, not only in neonates and infants. There is a limited number of reports on serological epidemiology of RSV subgroups A and B. Neutralizing test (NT)</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">antibody reflects protective immunity but bothersome. Sero-epidemiological study</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">should be performed using practical NT method. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Two wild-type viruses subgroups A </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and B, isolated in 2013, and the Long strain was used as the challenge viruses.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> NT antibody with 100% inhibition of cytopathic effect (CPE) was examined. </span><a name="_Hlk49358572"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A total of 91 serum samples obtained from 0 to 12</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">years subjects without RSV</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> infection who visited our hospital with some health problems and 121 sera obtained from healthy subjects in different age groups were used.</span></span><span></span><a name="_Hlk49358188"></a><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Serological epidemiology of subgroups A and B was investigated in this study</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">using new NT methods.</span></span><a name="_Hlk49359976"></a><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1)</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A simple and practical NT method </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">was de</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">veloped. 2) The NT antibody titer was lowest in <1 year of age (5</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">×</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1.70</span></sup></span></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span></sup></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2.03</span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> against subgroup A and 5</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">×</span></span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.85</span></sup></span></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span></sup></span><span><sup><span style="font-family:""> </span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1.31</span></sup></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> against subgroup B) and increased in 3 years of age or older, and high antibody titers were maintained during school age. 3) A slight difference was observed in the NT antibody titers against subgroups A and Bin young children <3 years, but not after 3 years of age, reflecting the repeated infections. 4) Specific IgG antibody against RSV was measured. The IgG EIA values decreased with age. No association was observed between IgG EIA and NT titers.</span></span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusions:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A simple NT assay method was developed in the present study. By the age of 3 years, high NT antibody titers were observed and maintained until 12 years. The IgG (EIA) values decreased with age. No association was observed between IgG (EIA) and NT titers.</span></span>