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  • Title: Humoral immune response against Borna disease virus (BDV) in experimentally and naturally infected cats.
    Author: Johansson M, Berg M, Berg AL.
    Journal: Vet Immunol Immunopathol; 2002 Nov; 90(1-2):23-33. PubMed ID: 12406652.
    Abstract:
    In order to investigate the peripheral and intracerebral humoral immune response against Borna disease virus (BDV) in cats, serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from experimentally and naturally BDV-infected cats were analysed in two different test systems (indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect immunofluorescent test). The experimentally infected cats developed high antibody titres against the major immunogenic BDV-proteins, p24 and p40. In contrast, the naturally infected cats showed a comparatively weak humoral immune response. The experimentally infected cats were inoculated with either BDV laboratory strain V or a feline BDV-isolate. Some differences existed between the two groups of cats. The former group developed a higher response against p40, whereas the latter group showed, beside the p40-response, a more pronounced p24-response, similar to the situation in the naturally infected cats.
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