Monoclonal antibodies to Kunjin and Kokobera viruses

Immunol Cell Biol. 1991 Feb:69 ( Pt 1):47-9. doi: 10.1038/icb.1991.7.

Abstract

Five monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) were produced to the envelope (E) protein of Kunjin (KUN) virus. Three of these were specific for the KUN/West Nile complex, and two reacted with epitopes that were common to the flavivirus family. These MoAb defined at least four distinct epitopes on the E protein of KUN virus. Eight MoAb were also produced to unidentified proteins of Kokobera (KOK) virus. Seven were specific for KOK, while the remaining antibody cross-reacted with Stratford virus and an unregistered flavivirus CS946. The application of these MoAb to arboviral surveillance is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Arboviruses / immunology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Flavivirus / immunology*
  • Hybridomas
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / immunology
  • West Nile virus / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Viral Envelope Proteins