[The optimization of immunoenzyme analysis with conjugates of virus-specific antibodies and alkaline phosphatase]

The data obtained in the study of the dependence of sensitivity of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) on chromo- and fluorogenic substrates used in this assay are presented. The sandwich variant of EIA, carried out with the use of antibodies labeled with alkaline phosphatase, has been shown to be 4-170 times, sometimes 500 times, more sensitive (in terms of concentrations at which aphthous fever virus antigens can be detected) than the complement fixation test and 1.8-64 times more sensitive than the passive hemagglutination test.