| Literature DB >> 20400862 |
Raquel Martín-Folgar1, Gema Lorenzo, Hani Boshra, Javier Iglesias, Francisco Mateos, Belén Borrego, Alejandro Brun.
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This paper describes the generation of monoclonal antibodies directed to immunogenic nucleoprotein N epitopes of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), and their application in diagnostics, both for antibody detection in competitive ELISA and for antigen capture in a sandwich ELISA. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were generated after DNA immunization of Balb/c mice and characterized by western blot, ELISA and cell immunostaining assays. At least three different immunorelevant epitopes were defined by mAb competition assays. Interestingly, two of the mAbs generated were able to distinguish between RVFV strains from Egyptian or South African lineages. These monoclonal antibodies constitute useful tools for diagnosis, especially for the detection of serum anti-RVFV antibodies from a broad range of species by means of competitive ELISA.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20400862 PMCID: PMC2881254 DOI: 10.4161/mabs.2.3.11676
Source DB: PubMed Journal: MAbs ISSN: 1942-0862 Impact factor: 5.857