Cloning and expression of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid (N) protein and evaluation of a N-protein based indirect ELISA for the detection of specific IgG and IgM antibodies in domestic ruminants

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Fafetine, José Manuel ^a   Tijhaar, Edwin ^b   Paweska, Janusz T ^c   Neves, Luís C B G ^a   Hendriks, Judith ^b   Swanepoel, Robert ^c   Coetzer, J A W ^d   Egberink, Herman F ^b   Rutten, Victor P M G ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Indirect IgM and IgG ELISA; Recombinant nucleocapsid (N) protein; Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; VACCINATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 33847397493     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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