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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
This paper examines the parameters necessary for the efficient measurement of anti-Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) antibodies in an affinity-dependent manner using a variation of a solid-phase particle concentration fluorescence immunoassay (PCFIA). By allowing antibody to react with fluorochrome-labelled virus in fluid phase and subsequently capturing the resulting virus-antibody complexes with anti-immunoglobulin coated polystyrene particles (fluid-phase PCFIA), the present assay allows for both greater sensitivity, specificity and preservation of conformational viral epitopes than do solid-phase immunoassays. Fluid-phase PCFIA proved to be a more rapid quantitative assay than ELISA and significantly diminished non-specific binding by both untreated and heat-inactivated normal mouse sera. This methodology also allowed us to perform competition assays and to determine the dissociation kinetics of anti-viral antibody preparations, investigations which cannot generally be performed as solid-phase immunoassays. Thus fluid-phase PCFIA is a rapid and efficient immunoassay with excellent reproducibility and great versatility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1759
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
A rapid method for quantitation of antiviral antibodies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study