Lateral Flow Immunosensing of Typhimurium Cells in Milk: Comparing Three Sequences of Interactions.

To ensure the safety of foodstuffs, widespread non-laboratory monitoring for pathogenic contaminants is in demand. A suitable technique for this purpose is lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) which combines simplicity, rapidity, and productivity with specific immune detection. This study considered three developed formats of LFIA for Typhimurium, a priority pathogenic contaminant of milk.

Rapid Detection of Lipopolysaccharide and Whole Cells of Based on Agglutination of Antibody-Coated Gold Nanoparticles and Colorimetric Registration.

The paper presents development and characterization of a new bioanalytical test system for rapid detection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and whole cells of , a causative agent of tularemia, in water samples. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) coated by the obtained anti-LPS monoclonal antibodies were used for the assay. Their contact with antigen in tested samples leads to aggregation with a shift of absorption spectra from red to blue.

[A comparative study of experimental and commercial serological tests for detection of antibodies in humans with tularemia.].

Experimental serological tests were developed to determine anti-tularensis antibodies in humans in immunochromatography formats (LF-test LPS Ft15) and enzyme immunoassay (ELISA LPS Ft15) using as an antigen highly purified LPS F. tularensis 15 NIIEG. Analysis was conducted of the sensitivity and specificity of the developed tests and commercial tularemia antigen «RNGA-Tul-AG» (production Stavropol research anti-plague Institute) in comparison with the commercial reference antigen, registered in the Russian Federation for the quantitative determination of human IgG tularemia - «ELISA classic Francisella tularensis IgG» SERION, Germany (IgG SERION ELISA).

[Construction of recombinant strain Brevibacillus choshinensis for chimeric borrelia Dbpa antigen production.].

The aim of this work was creation of recombinant chimeric protein using TAKARA expression system Brevibacillus choshinensis with fused gene dbpAAG, which include the parts of dbpAA and dbpAG genes coding the major antigenic determinants of decorinbinding proteins А (DbpA) from two species of borreliosis agents - Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia gаrinii. Such plasmid should be able to support the synthesis of recombinant chimeric polypeptide consisting immunogenic domains of DbpA Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia gаrinii in the stable and soluble forms, that important for effective using in Lyme diseases serodiagnosis. We chose the TAKARA expression system based on the strain Brevibacillus choshinensis and plasmid pNCMO2.

Immunological markers that correlate with protection immunity against tularemia infection.

An efficient immune response to tularemia is dependent on a strong cell-mediated component. We tried to identify markers of cellular immune responses that indicate a vaccine efficacy against tularemia. BALB/c mice were immunized with mutant F.