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Ludmila Perelygina, Holley Zurkuhlen, Irina Patrusheva, Julia K. Hilliard, Identification of a Herpes B Virus–Specific Glycoprotein D Immunodominant Epitope Recognized by Natural and Foreign Hosts, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 186, Issue 4, 15 August 2002, Pages 453–461, https://doi.org/10.1086/341834
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Abstract
The mapping of linear epitopes of B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 and herpes B virus) glycoprotein D (gD) was accomplished by screening the constructed gD epitope library with serum from B virus–infected macaques. The immunodominant epitope, gD (362–370), was identified within the C-terminal region of B virus gD that was highly conserved among 19 B virus clinical isolates but was not present in either herpes simplex virus (HSV)–1 or HSV-2 gD. A substantial percentage of serum samples from macaques (95%) and humans (80%) infected with B virus contained antibodies to this epitope. Antibodies against HSV types 1 or 2 did not react with this epitope; thus, gD (362–370) has unique potential to detect B virus–specific antibody responses in human serum, even in the presence of antibodies to HSV-1 and HSV-2