title: Anti-idiotype technique: an alternative approach for immunodiagnosis of bluetongue.
abstract: In development of a bluetongue alternative immunodiagnostic rest, the polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies were generated by the sequential immunization of rabbits with three monoclonal antibodies to VP7 of bluetongue virus. The anti-idiotypic antibodies recognize the idiotypes that are located within or near the antigen-combining sites and are associated with both heavy and light chains of the antibodies to VP7 of bluetongue virus. The anti-idiotypic antibodies mimic the VP7 antigen by recognizing the anti-VP7 antibodies from cattle and sheep that were infected with various serotypes of bluetongue viruses. The results indicate that the rabbit anti-idiotypic antibodies may be used as surrogate antigen in serological assays to detect the antibodies from different species of animals infected with various serotypes of bluetongue viruses.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Foreign Animal Diseases, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D011817:Rabbits; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral