29 research outputs found
I Don\u27t Care What You Used To Be (I Know What You Are Today) / words by Dubin Al and Jimmy Mc Hugh
Cover: drawing of a Caucasian couple; photo inset of Ruth Wales and Doris Relyea; Publisher: Jack Mills Inc. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_f/1015/thumbnail.jp
My! My! / music by Jimmy McHugh; words by Frank Loesser
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_e/1060/thumbnail.jp
My Prayer / music by George Boulanger; words by Jimmy Kennedy
Cover: photo of Jimmy Dorsey; Publisher: Shapiro Bernstein and Co. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_e/1052/thumbnail.jp
Exactly Like You / music by Jimmy Mc Hugh; words by Dorothy Fields
Cover: text reads: From Lew Leslies International Revue.; Publisher: Shapiro Bernstein and Co. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_e/1003/thumbnail.jp
There\u27s A New Star in Heaven Tonight / words by J. Keirn Brennan, Irving Mills, and Jimmy McHugh
Cover: a photo of Rudolph Valentino; Publisher: Jack Mills Inc. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_d/1077/thumbnail.jp
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals
https://medica-musc.researchcommons.org/musc-ptupdate/1001/thumbnail.jp
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals, October 2009
https://medica-musc.researchcommons.org/musc-ptupdate/1036/thumbnail.jp
A Novel Peptide ELISA for Universal Detection of Antibodies to Human H5N1 Influenza Viruses
BACKGROUND: Active serologic surveillance of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in humans and poultry is critical to control this disease. However, the need for a robust, sensitive and specific serologic test for the rapid detection of antibodies to H5N1 viruses has not been met. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Previously, we reported a universal epitope (CNTKCQTP) in H5 hemagglutinin (HA) that is 100% conserved in H5N1 human isolates and 96.9% in avian isolates. Here, we describe a peptide ELISA to detect antibodies to H5N1 virus by using synthetic peptide that comprises the amino acid sequence of this highly conserved and antigenic epitope as the capture antigen. The sensitivity and specificity of the peptide ELISA were evaluated using experimental chicken antisera to H5N1 viruses from divergent clades and other subtype influenza viruses, as well as human serum samples from patients infected with H5N1 or seasonal influenza viruses. The peptide ELISA results were compared with hemagglutinin inhibition (HI), and immunofluorescence assay and immunodot blot that utilize recombinant HA1 as the capture antigen. The peptide ELISA detected antibodies to H5N1 in immunized animals or convalescent human sera whereas some degree of cross-reactivity was observed in HI, immunofluorescence assay and immunodot blot. Antibodies to other influenza subtypes tested negative in the peptide-ELISA. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The peptide-ELISA based on the highly conserved and antigenic H5 epitope (CNTKCQTP) provides sensitive and highly specific detection of antibodies to H5N1 influenza viruses. This study highlighted the use of synthetic peptide as a capture antigen in rapid detection of antibodies to H5N1 in human and animal sera that is robust, simple and cost effective and is particularly beneficial for developing countries and rural areas