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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, September 2000, p. 781-787, Vol. 7, No. 5
1071-412X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Serodiagnosis of Recently Acquired Toxoplasma gondii Infection Using an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with a Combination of Recombinant Antigens

Shuli Li,1,2 Gina Galvan,1 Fausto G. Araujo,1 Yasuhiro Suzuki,1,2 Jack S. Remington,1,2,* and Stephen Parmley1,dagger

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California 94301,1 and Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 943052

Received 10 March 2000/Returned for modification 8 May 2000/Accepted 14 June 2000

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using four recombinant antigens of Toxoplasma gondii (rP22, rP25, rP29, and rP35) was used in an attempt to differentiate pregnant women with toxoplasma serologic profiles (TSPs) indicative of recently acquired infections (acute profile) from those with TSPs indicative of infections acquired in the distant past (chronic profile). In general, immunoglobulin G antibodies in sera from women with the acute profile reacted more strongly with the recombinant antigens than did those in sera from women with the chronic profile. However, reactivities differed significantly between antigens that reacted with a single serum and between sera that reacted with a single antigen. Because of these variations, we employed a combination of the four antigens in an ELISA (Comb-ELISA) and evaluated its ability to distinguish pregnant women with the acute profile from those with the chronic profile. Eighteen of 20 (90%) sera from acute-profile women were positive in the Comb-ELISA, whereas 69 of 70 (98.6%) sera from the chronic-profile women were negative. Thus, the Comb-ELISA may be useful for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and for differentiation between recently acquired infections and infections acquired in the more distant past.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Phone: (650) 326-8120. Fax: (650) 329-9853.

dagger Present address: Maxygen, Redwood City, CA 94063.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, September 2000, p. 781-787, Vol. 7, No. 5
1071-412X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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