title: Detection of Sendai virus antibody in mouse and guinea pig sera by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with protein A.
abstract: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using horseradish peroxidase (HRPO)-labeled protein A (P-ELISA) was established for detection of Sendai virus (SV) antibody in mouse and guinea pig sera. Sensitivity and specificity of P-ELISA were compared with those of ordinary ELISA using HRPO-labeled immunoglobulin G (IgG-ELISA) and the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. P-ELISA was 100 to 1,000 times more sensitive than the HI test for detection of the antibody in SV-naturally infected mice. P-ELISA and IgG-ELISA showed similar sensitivities for detection of the antibody in naturally infected mouse and guinea pig sera. A high specificity was demonstrated in P-ELISA with a cut-off optical density value of 0.2 (492 nm), while a non-specific reaction was observed when IgG-ELISA was used to both mouse and guinea pig sera at a low dilution (1:10-20). The antibody in rat sera was not detected by P-ELISA although it was realized by IgG-ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kagiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice / Q000276:immunology*; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A