Author:
Simari M.B.,Goñi S.E.,Luppo V.C,Fabbri C.M.,Argüelles M.H.,Lozano M.E.,Morales M.A.,Iglesias N.G.
Abstract
AbstractSt. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a mosquito-borne reemerging flavivirus in Argentina. It is currently necessary to develop specific serological tests that can efficiently discriminate the flaviviruses that circulate in our country. The immunoassays to diagnose SLEV lack specificity because they are based on the detection of structural viral proteins and the human immunoglobulins produced during infection against these proteins cross-react with other flaviviruses. Here, we describe an enzyme-immunoassay designed to detect human IgG antibodies specific to the viral nonstructural protein NS5. The results indicate that NS5 is a promising antigen useful to discriminate SLEV from other circulating flaviviruses.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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