Development of a serotyping ELISA system for Thailand virus infection
Ichiro Nakamura1, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Byoung-Hee Lee
1Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Archives of Virology
|June 14, 2008
Abstract:
To distinguish Thailand virus infection from infections with other hantaviruses, we established an ELISA serotyping system using a truncated nucleocapsid protein of Thailand virus lacking 49 amino acids at the N-terminus. In evaluations using patient and rodent sera, Thailand virus infection was readily distinguished from Hantaan and Seoul virus infections. Therefore, this ELISA system is an effective alternative to neutralization tests.


