title: Monoclonal anti-idiotypes for the rapid detection of human cytomegalovirus.
abstract: A novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) utilizing a monoclonal anti-idiotype specific for CMVB1, an antibody to HCMV. Samples of HCMV were measured by their inhibition of the binding of CMVB1 to anti-idiotype. The ELISA detected HCMV in a concentration-dependent manner from 20 to 0.6 x 10(3) PFU/ml, with 50% inhibition at approx. 3 x 10(3) PFU/ml. These data demonstrate the potential of anti-idiotype antibodies as the basis of simple and rapid diagnostic tests for infectious agents.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory for Immunology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Tackaberry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Larose
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Brodeur
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral