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  • Title: A sensitive dot immunobinding assay for serodiagnosis of African swine fever virus with application in field conditions.
    Author: Pastor MJ, Arias M, Alcaraz C, De Diego M, Escribano JM.
    Journal: J Vet Diagn Invest; 1992 Jul; 4(3):254-7. PubMed ID: 1515486.
    Abstract:
    The present work describes a simple dot immunobinding assay (DIA) for African swine fever virus (ASFV) antibody detection that can be used under field conditions. The assay uses nitrocellulose strips dotted with a cytoplasmic soluble antigen (CS-P) of ASFV. The nitrocellulose strips are adhered to a plastic handle. The test serum samples react with the CS-P, and antibodies are detected using a protein A-peroxidase conjugate. Both incubations are carried out at 20 C. The efficacy of the DIA as a screening test for ASFV was compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblotting (IB) test using 343 sera collected from natural African swine fever epizootics and from inapparent ASFV carriers. The DIA had comparable sensitivity to both reference techniques, and all samples positive in the ELISA and IB test were also positive in the DIA. False-positive reactions were not detected when whole blood or poorly preserved serum samples were tested by DIA. Some poorly preserved sera that were positive initially by the ELISA were no longer ELISA positive in a later run, although they were positive in IB and DIA. These positive DIA and IB test results could be caused by the differences in antibody epitope binding.
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