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ArticlePloS one2018

Indirect ELISA based on Hendra and Nipah virus proteins for the detection of henipavirus specific antibodies in pigs.

Kerstin Fischer, Sandra Diederich, Greg Smith, Sven Reiche, Vinicius Pinho Dos Reis, Eileen Stroh, Martin H Groschup, Hana M Weingartl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kerstin FischerFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Sandra DiederichCanadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Canada.
Greg SmithCanadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Canada.
Sven ReicheFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Vinicius Pinho Dos ReisFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Eileen StrohFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Martin H GroschupFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Hana M WeingartlCanadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Canada.
Anne Balkema-BuschmannFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7613-9592
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DECanadian Food Inspection Agency · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) belong to the genus Henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Henipavirus infections were first reported in the 1990's causing severe and often fatal outbreaks in domestic animals and humans in Southeast Asia and Australia. NiV infections were observed in humans in Bangladesh, India and in the first outbreak in Malaysia, where pigs were also infected. HeV infections occurred in horses in the North-Eastern regions of Australia, with singular transmission events to humans. Bats of the genus Pteropus have been identified as the reservoir hosts for henipaviruses. Molecular and serological indications for the presence of henipa-like viruses in African fruit bats, pigs and humans have been published recently. In our study, truncated forms of HeV and NiV attachment (G) proteins as well as the full-length NiV nucleocapsid (N) protein were expressed using different expression systems. Based on these recombinant proteins, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) were developed for the detection of HeV or NiV specific antibodies in porcine serum samples. We used the NiV N ELISA for initial serum screening considering the general reactivity against henipaviruses. The G protein based ELISAs enabled the differentiation between HeV and NiV infections, since as expected, the sera displayed higher reactivity with the respective homologous antigens. In the future, these assays will present valuable tools for serosurveillance of swine and possibly other livestock or wildlife species in affected areas. Such studies will help assessing the potential risk for human and animal health worldwide by elucidating the distribution of henipaviruses.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHendra VirusHenipavirus InfectionsLeishmaniaMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicroscopy, FluorescenceNeutralization TestsNipah VirusNucleocapsid ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsSwineAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralNucleocapsid ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMID29708971
PMCPMC5927399
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