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ArticleJournal of virological methods2018

Characterization of novel monoclonal antibodies against the MERS-coronavirus spike protein and their application in species-independent antibody detection by competitive ELISA.

Shuetsu Fukushi, Aiko Fukuma, Takeshi Kurosu, Shumpei Watanabe, Masayuki Shimojima, Kazuya Shirato, Naoko Iwata-Yoshikawa, Noriyo Nagata, Kazuo Ohnishi, Manabu Ato and 3 more

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuetsu FukushiDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan. Electronic address: fukushi@nih.go.jp.
Aiko FukumaDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Takeshi KurosuDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Shumpei WatanabeDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Masayuki ShimojimaDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Kazuya ShiratoDepartment of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Naoko Iwata-YoshikawaDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Noriyo NagataDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Kazuo OhnishiDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Manabu AtoDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
Simenew Keskes MelakuDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia.
Hiroshi SentsuiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Japan.
Masayuki SaijoDepartment of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPAddis Ababa Science and Technology University · ETNihon University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since discovering the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) as a causative agent of severe respiratory illness in the Middle East in 2012, serological testing has been conducted to assess antibody responses in patients and to investigate the zoonotic reservoir of the virus. Although the virus neutralization test is the gold standard assay for MERS diagnosis and for investigating the zoonotic reservoir, it uses live virus and so must be performed in high containment laboratories. Competitive ELISA (cELISA), in which a labeled monoclonal antibody (MAb) competes with test serum antibodies for target epitopes, may be a suitable alternative because it detects antibodies in a species-independent manner. In this study, novel MAbs against the spike protein of MERS-CoV were produced and characterized. One of these MAbs was used to develop a cELISA. The cELISA detected MERS-CoV-specific antibodies in sera from MERS-CoV-infected rats and rabbits immunized with the spike protein of MERS-CoV. The MAb-based cELISA was validated using sera from Ethiopian dromedary camels. Relative to the neutralization test, the cELISA detected MERS-CoV-specific antibodies in 66 Ethiopian dromedary camels with a sensitivity and specificity of 98% and 100%, respectively. The cELISA and neutralization test results correlated well (Pearson's correlation coefficients=0.71-0.76, depending on the cELISA serum dilution). This cELISA may be useful for MERS epidemiological investigations on MERS-CoV infection.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralCamelusEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusRabbitsRatsSensitivity and SpecificitySpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusCompetitive ELISAEpidemiologyMERS coronavirusNeutralizing antibody

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PMID28993122
PMCPMC7113858
OpenAlexW2762643583

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