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Characteristics of monoclonal antibodies against Piscirickettsia salmonis
Author(s) -
Jamett A,
Aguayo J,
Miquel A,
Muller I,
Arriagada R,
Becker M I,
Valenzuela P,
Burzio L O
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2001.00285.x
Subject(s) - monoclonal antibody , biology , immunofluorescence , pathogen , antibody , virology , western blot , antigen , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biochemistry , gene
A panel of 28 monoclonal antibodies against Piscirickettsia salmonis was produced using a purified fraction of the bacterium. To determine their specificity to the pathogen, the antibodies were assayed by ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. Six monoclonal antibodies were selected based on their strong reaction against P. salmonis and absence of cross‐reactivity with other common fish pathogens. Western blot analysis showed that the antibodies reacted to several antigens of P. salmonis . Immunofluorescence assays revealed that these antibodies reacted with the same specificity to different isolates of P. salmonis obtained from the south of Chile. This panel of monoclonal antibodies represents an important tool to develop simple, rapid, sensitive and highly specific methods for the detection of the pathogen and diagnosis of the disease.