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Identification of the virus of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in Tunisia
Author(s) -
Bouslama A.,
De Mia G. M.,
Hammami S.,
Aouina T.,
Soussi H.,
Frescura T.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.138.5.108
Subject(s) - immunoelectron microscopy , virology , virus , hemagglutination , disease , monoclonal antibody , pathology , outbreak , rabbit (cipher) , biology , antibody , medicine , immunology , statistics , mathematics
During 1992 and 1993, outbreaks of an acute, highly fatal disease mainly affecting adult rabbits were observed in Tunisia. The clinical and pathological findings were consistent with rabbit haemorrhagic disease. A monoclonal antibody designated PG4G3 specific for surface determinants of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus was used to identify the aetiological agent by ELISA and by colloidal gold immunoelectron microscopy; a haemagglutination test and conventional immunoelectron microscopy were also used. The results confirmed the first recorded cases of the disease in Tunisia.