Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Use of a surrogate chimeric virus to detect West Nile virus-neutralizing antibodies in avian and equine sera.
- Journal:
- Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Komar, Nicholas et al.
- Affiliation:
- CDC-NCZVED-DVBID-ADB · United States
Abstract
A chimeric yellow fever virus/West Nile virus (WNV) was compared to WNV alone as a biosafety level 2 reagent in the plaque reduction neutralization test for determining WNV infection histories. Concordance was 96.3% among 188 avian and equine serum samples. Neutralizing antibody titers were frequently more than twofold lower with the chimera.
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