title: Comparison of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunofluorescence assay and a hemagglutination inhibition assay for detection of antibodies to K-papovavirus in mice.
abstract: The sensitivity of a newly developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibody to K virus was compared with the sensitivities of an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and a hemagglutination inhibition assay (HIA). Specific pathogen-free BALB/c RIVM mice, 5 weeks old, were inoculated intraperitoneally with a mouse organ suspension containing 10(4.5) TCID50 of K virus per dose. Control animals were inoculated with a control mouse organ suspension. No clinical signs were observed during the 7 weeks they were followed for the development of serum antibody. The ELISA proved to be the most sensitive of the three assays and demonstrated K virus-specific antibodies as early as 3 days after infection.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Groen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Broeders
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spijkers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osterhaus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D027382:Polyomaviridae; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral