title: The serologic response of horses to equine arteritis virus as determined by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (c-ELISAs) to structural and non-structural viral proteins.
abstract: In an effort to further characterize the humoral immune response of horses to equine arteritis virus (EAV), direct and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (c-ELISAs) were developed using monoclonal and polyclonal anti-sera to structural (G(L), N and M) and non-structural (nsp1) viral proteins. A nsp1-specific monoclonal antibody was produced to facilitate development of a c-ELISA to this protein. Data obtained using the various c-ELISAs confirm that the M protein is a major target of the antibody response of horses to EAV. However, none of the c-ELISAs that were developed were as sensitive in detecting EAV-specific antibodies in horse sera as the existing serum neutralization test.
authors.affiliation: Bernard and Gloria Salick Equine Viral Disease Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, 95616, Davis, CA, USA
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: U B R
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Balasuriya
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: James MacLachlan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D018174:Arterivirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007240:Equartevirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D006736:Horses / Q000276:immunology*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins