title: Monoclonal antibodies to three strains of hantaviruses: Hantaan, R22, and Puumala.
abstract: Thirty hybrid cell lines that produce monoclonal antibodies to three strains of hantaviruses have been generated and characterized. One clone specific to Hantaan 76-118 strain, four clones specific to Rattus strains and one clone specific to Puumala virus have been identified. Most of the monoclones produced antibodies specific to nucleoproteins. Only two monoclones were found to produce glycoprotein specific, neutralizing antibodies. The immunofluorescent (IFA) staining patterns of the monoclonal antibodies show consistent correlation with viral protein specificities as described for other hemorrhagic fever viruses. Cross-reactivity studies with hantaviruses tested demonstrate conserved antigenic sites on nucleoproteins among these hantaviruses tested. Puumala specific monoclones, produced for the first time, reveal both conserved and strain specific sites on the viral nucleoproteins of the Scandinavian virus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ruo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Brammer
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Fisher-Hoch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D003411:Arvicolinae; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009115:Muridae; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral