ELISA and direct immunofluorescence test to detect equine arteritis virus (EAV) using a monoclonal antibody directed to the EAV-N protein.
A monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against the equine arteritis virus (EAV) nucleocapsid (N) protein was used for indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) using viral antigen from different sources. The same mAb was labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate for direct immunofluorescence tests (DIFTs). The N-specific mAb appeared to be suitable for the detection in both ELISA and DIFT of different EAV strains and field isolates from semen and tissue samples after passage in lines of RK-13, Vero and fetal equine kidney cells. The ELISA described is an easy and fast method which can be used in most cases to replace the microneutralization test to prove the EAV specificity of the cytopathic effect of cell cultures. The DIFT, however, is more sensitive than both the ELISA and the microneutralization test because EAV antigen can be detected even in cell cultures without or with very weak cytopathic effect.
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Friedrich-Loeffler Institutes, Insel Riems, Germany.
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D000034:Abortion, Veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018174:Arterivirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary; D007240:Equartevirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012661:Semen / Q000821:virology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral; C411106:EAV nucleocapsid protein, Equine arteritis virus; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins