Author: Godeny, Elmer K.

Source: Comparative Medicine, Volume 52, Number 3, June 2002 , pp. 229-232(4)

Publisher: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Abstract:

Better assays are needed for the detection of simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV), which induces persistent infection without overt signs of disease in most old world monkeys, but causes a fatal hemorrhagic fever in macaques. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described here that is useful in identifying primates previously exposed to SHFV. This assay involves testing serum samples against SHFV and cell antigens to obtain an OD_virus-to-OD_cell ratio that eliminates potential high background values associated with primate serum. High correlation was found using this assay, compared with that found with the current "gold standard" indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). However, this ELISA is less time consuming, less subjective, and not as prone to human error than the SHFV-IFA.

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Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Publication date: 2002-06-01

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