Genetic heterogeneity of small ruminant lentiviruses involves immunodominant epitope of capsid antigen and affects sensitivity of single-strain-based immunoassay

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 828-832

  Grego, Elena ^a   Profiti, Margherita ^a   Giammarioli, Monica ^a   Giannino, Laura ^a   Rutili, Domenico ^a   Woodall, Chris ^a   Rosati, Sergio ^a  

^a Dipto Prod Anim Epidemiol/Ecol   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LENTIVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VISNA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; GENETICS; GOAT; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STANDARD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CAPRINE; CAPSID; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GOATS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; ITALY; LENTIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 0036061785     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.4.828-832.2002     Document Type: Article

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