title: Foot-and-mouth disease virus typing by complement fixation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using monovalent and polyvalent antisera.
abstract: An indirect "sandwich" enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using polyvalent and monovalent antisera was compared with the 50% complement fixation (CF50) test for the detection of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) O, A, and C virus types. ELISA was more sensitive than CF50 tests when polyvalent antisera were used for detecting the 3 types of virus in epithelial samples, whereas ELISA using monovalent antisera was the least sensitive technique. The ELISA performed with polyvalent antisera was 9 times more sensitive for detecting FMD virus than that with monovalent antisera. However, viral isolation in cell culture was the most sensitive detection system. The combined use of ELISA with polyvalent antisera and cell culture inoculations was the most effective procedure for identifying FMD virus in epithelial samples from the field.
authors.affiliation: Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PAHO/WHO), RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: M da P
authors.initials: Mda P
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allende
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Söndahl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007106:Immune Sera