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Journal Article
A sensitive and specific blocking ELISA for the detection of rabbit calicivirus RCV-A1 antibodies
2012
Overview
Background
Antibodies to non-pathogenic rabbit caliciviruses (RCVs) cross-react in serological tests for rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) and vice versa, making epidemiological studies very difficult where both viruses occur. It is important to understand the distribution and interaction of the two viruses because the highly pathogenic RHDV has been used as a biocontrol agent for wild rabbits in Australia and New Zealand for the past 17 years. The presence of the benign RCV Australia 1 (RCV-A1) is considered a key factor for the failure of RHDV mediated rabbit control in cooler, wetter areas of Australia.
Results
A highly sensitive and specific blocking ELISA was developed for the detection of RCV-A1 antibodies. When sera from rabbits with a known infection history for either RCV-A1 or RHDV were tested, this assay showed 100% sensitivity and no cross-reactivity with RHDV sera (100% specificity).
Conclusions
This new ELISA not only allows the detection of RCV-A1 at a population level, but also permits the serological status of individual rabbits to be determined more reliably than previously described methods. This robust and simple to perform assay is therefore the tool of choice for studying RCV-A1 epidemiology in Australian wild rabbit populations.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
Subject
/ Benign
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Caliciviridae Infections - diagnosis
/ Caliciviridae Infections - veterinary
/ Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods
/ Control
/ Dilution
/ Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
/ Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - methods
/ Pests
/ Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus
/ Rabbits
/ RCV-A1
/ RHDV
/ Veterinary Medicine - methods
/ Virology
/ Viruses
