title: An immunosensor with potential for the detection of viral antigens in body fluids, based on surface second harmonic generation.
abstract: Field methods of assessing the immune status of animals are required to optimise vaccination programmes to control bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) virus. An optoelectronic immunosensor was evaluated for the detection of viral antigens in a crude cell lysate in a pilot study. Binding of (BVD) virus antigen by two monoclonal antibodies immobilised on two different media (ELISA plate wells, and glass coverslips) was detected and quantified using the laser induced surface second harmonic generation (SSHG) technique. The results for both assays were correlated with an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) used for the diagnosis of BVD virus infection in cattle (ELISA plate; R(2)=0.86, coverslips; Exp. 1; R(2)=0.75, Exp. 2; R(2)=0.67). The method will allow rapid detection of antigens in the body fluids of farm animals.
authors.affiliation: Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park, Beds. MK45 4HS, Silsoe, UK.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Ditcham
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Al-Obaidi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McStay
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Mottram
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brownlie
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000821:virology; D001912:Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002417:Cattle; D001908:Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral