title: Oligopeptide-based enzyme immunoassay for ovine lentivirus antibody detection.
abstract: Ovine progressive pneumonia virus (OPPV) is a lentivirus which causes a progressive disease in sheep. Immunodominant epitopes have been identified in the envelope gp40 glycoprotein. Synthetic peptides representing these regions are able to detect the presence of OPPV antibodies in 96% of infected sheep.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwang
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000662:veterinary; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017972:Lentiviruses, Ovine-Caprine / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D009842:Oligopeptides