ELISA for Detection of Total IgG Against YF 17DD

Ana Carolina R A Cajaraville1

  • 1Laboratory of Virological Technology (LATEV), Institute of Technology in Immunobiologicals (Bio-Manguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. anacarolina.reis@bio.fiocruz.br.

The ELISA technique has attracted widespread interest as a sensitive, efficient, safe, and inexpensive way to measure antigen-antibody reactions since its description in 1971 to current days. Here it is described an indirect ELISA protocol to detect anti-YF 17DD antibodies as an important tool to evaluate immunogenicity to yellow fever vaccine candidates.