Analysis of Serum Anti-Zika Virus Antibodies by Focus Reduction Neutralization Test

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a newly emerged mosquito-borne flavivirus that has been associated with birth defects of babies born to ZIKV-infected mothers. Neutralization activity of serum derived from ZIKV infected and vaccinated individuals is a critical component for characterizing immune response to infection and vaccine efficacy. This protocol describes a modified plaque reduction neutralization 50 (PRNT50) assay that includes an immunostaining step to improve reproducibility and throughput of the assay.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2142

Enthalten in:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2142(2020) vom: 04., Seite 73-80

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smith, Jessica L [VerfasserIn]
Hirsch, Alec J [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Antibody
Flavivirus
Focus reduction neutralization
Immunostain
Journal Article
Plaque reduction neutralization
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Zika virus

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.03.2021

Date Revised 10.03.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-0581-3_6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309508991