title: Western immunoblotting as a method for the detection of African horse sickness virus protein-specific antibodies: differentiation between infected and vaccinated horses.
abstract: A Western immunoblotting procedure has been developed for the detection of African horse sickness virus (AHSV) protein-specific antibody responses. This assay readily identifies antibodies specific for at least 4 distinct, AHSV proteins, including VP5, NS1, NS2 and NS3/NS3a. By using the AHSV non-structural proteins as 'markers', the Western blotting procedure could be employed to provide a reliable means of discriminating between animals vaccinated with a purified, inactivated AHSV vaccine and those either naturally infected or vaccinated with a live, attenuated AHSV vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Département de Microbiologie Immunologie Maladies Contagieuses, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bougrine
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Fihri
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fehri
mesh_terms: D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000276:immunology*; D000356:African Horse Sickness Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006736:Horses; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000276:immunology; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines