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  • Immune profiling with a Sal...
    Liang, Li; Juarez, Silvia; Nga, Tran Vu Thieu; Dunstan, Sarah; Nakajima-Sasaki, Rie; Davies, D Huw; McSorley, Stephen; Baker, Stephen; Felgner, Philip L

    Scientific reports, 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Current serological diagnostic assays for typhoid fever are based on detecting antibodies against Salmonella LPS or flagellum, resulting in a high false-positive rate. Here we used a protein microarray containing 2,724 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi antigens (>63% of proteome) and identified antibodies against 16 IgG antigens and 77 IgM antigens that were differentially reactive among acute typhoid patients and healthy controls. The IgG target antigens produced a sensitivity of 97% and specificity of 80%, whereas the IgM target antigens produced 97% and 91% sensitivity and specificity, respectively. Our analyses indicated certain features such as membrane association, secretion, and protein expression were significant enriching features of the reactive antigens. About 72% of the serodiagnostic antigens were within the top 25% of the ranked antigen list using a Naïve bayes classifier. These data provide an important resource for improved diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccine development against an important human pathogen.