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Table 1 Comparison of published BBMAs for detection of anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies

From: Expression of in vivo biotinylated recombinant antigens SAG1 and SAG2A from Toxoplasma gondii for improved seroepidemiological bead-based multiplex assays

antigen (final source)

aa

Coupling to beads (X/M)

# reference sera 1

specificity

sensitivity

antigen/beads

per 1 Mio beads [μg]

signal amplification via biotinylated ab?

Reference

SAG1bio-His6 (E. coli)

31–289

biotin-streptavidin (M)

27 / 102

1 / 1

1 / 1

10 μg/ 1.5 × 106

6.7

no

this study

SAG2Abio-His6 (E. coli)

27–162

biotin- streptavidin (M)

27 / 102

1 / 0.98

1 / 0.98

10 μg/ 1.5 × 106

6.7

no

this study

SAG1-Stag (E. coli)

61–300

chemical (M)

59

0.950

0.947

30 μg/ 1.25 × 106

24

no

[29]

GST-SAG2A (E. coli)

27–173

chemical (X)

100

1

1

120 μg/12.5 × 106

6

yes

[10]

cell lysate (T. gondii)

na

chemical (M)

20

1

1

na

na

no

[46]

cell lysate (T. gondii)

na

chemical (X)

80

1

1

na

na

yes

[13]

GST-SAG1 (HeLa cells)

ns

chemical (X)

5

1

1

5 μg/5 × 106

1

yes

[12, 47]

GST-SAG1 (E. coli)

31–349 2

GSH-casein affinity (X)

198

0.86

0.845

ns

ns

yes

[11]

GST-SAG2A (E. coli)

27–187

GSH-casein affinity (X)

198

0.86

0.926

ns

ns

yes

[11]

  1. M MagPlex® or BioPlex® magnetic beads, X xMAP® non-magnetic beads, ns not specified; 1 sum of positive and negative sera; 2 SAG1 has only 336 aa