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  • Title: Comparative evaluation of in vitro and in vivo assays for the detection of reticuloendotheliosis virus as a contaminant in a live virus vaccine of poultry.
    Author: Fadly AM, Witter RL.
    Journal: Avian Dis; 1997; 41(3):695-701. PubMed ID: 9356718.
    Abstract:
    Indirect immunofluorescence (IFA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used for detection of reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) as a contaminant in a live virus fowl pox (FP) vaccine of poultry. A FP vaccine known to be contaminated with REV was tested by in vitro and in vivo assays in chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs) and day-old specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks, respectively. Using in vitro assays, IFA and PCR were more sensitive than ELISA in detection of REV in CEFs inoculated with REV-contaminated FP vaccine. However, when the vaccine was tested by in vivo assays using SPF chickens, the sensitivity of ELISA was comparable with that of IFA and PCR. Antibody to REV was not detected in SPF chickens within 4 wk postinoculation with REV-contaminated FP vaccine at hatch. Filtration of vaccine to eliminate vaccine virus from the inoculum before testing in CEFs resulted in a significant reduction in the frequency of REV detection by PCR or IFA. The data suggest that the sensitivity of IFA, PCR, and ELISA depends on the concentration of REV in the vaccine and that in vivo assays of vaccines for contamination with REV should include a test for virus because a negative antibody test may be misleading.
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