MICRONEUTRALIZATION TESTS FOR SEROLOGICAL TYPING AND SUBTYPING OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE VIRUS-STRAINS
MICRONEUTRALIZATION TESTS FOR SEROLOGICAL TYPING AND SUBTYPING OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE VIRUS-STRAINS
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DOI:
10.1017/s002217240005381x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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通讯作者:
PAY, TWF
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作者:
RWEYEMAMU, MM;BOOTH, JC;PAY, TWF
A microneutralization test for serotyping of FMD [foot-and-mouth disease] viruses is described. It is based on an earlier observation that dose-response relationships in quantal microneutralizations often deviated from linearity. The typing test described therefore utilizes undiluted virus preparations. In about 90% of samples a positive typing was obtained in contrast with about 50% for the complement fixation test. The test was also susceptible to minimal quantities of heterotypic viral contamination. For strain differentiation the microneutralization test was carried out as a checkerboard test. When compared with the complement fixation test it was more specific. The necessity to utilize virus-neutralization test systems for comparing FMD virus strains particularly for the purpose of vaccine selection is emphasized. The 2 dimensional microneutralization test was applied to a study of comparing FMD virus vaccine strains for Europe, South America, the Middle East and East Africa.