title: Production of monoclonal antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus Application for rapid diagnosis tests (virus detection and ELISA) in human sera.
abstract: This paper describes the production and characterization of RVFV monoclonal antibodies. The characteristics of 32 out of 55 ELISA and/or IFA positive monoclonal antibodies were determined, including the RVFV components against which they are directed. One monoclonal antibody recognized the nucleoprotein, 15 the Gc and 16 the Gn. Among the latter ones, five monoclonal antibodies possess another specificity and recognized both Gn and either the nucleoprotein (four of them) or the NSs protein (one). To validate the use of these monoclonal antibodies for diagnosis tests, a pool of monoclonal antibodies reacting with the structural proteins was prepared and used successfully to detect RVFV from cell culture as well as viral antigen-antibody complex in ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Virology Laboratory, Dr. Fakeeh Hospital, P.O. Box 2537, Jeddah 21461, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coudrier
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Yousef
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fakeeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouloy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Billecocq
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009698:Nucleoproteins