Sensitivity of the Vectest™ Antigen Assay for the Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2003

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

440-444

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Roger S. Nasci, Kristy L. Gottfried, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Jeffrey R. Ryan, Eva Emmerich, Kirti Davé

 

Abstract

VecTest™ assays for detecting eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE) and western equineencephalitis virus (WEE) antigen in mosquito pools were evaluated to determine their sensitivity and specificityby using a range of EEE, WEE, St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLE), and West Nile virus (WN) dilutions as wellas individual and pooled mosquitoes containing EEE or WEE. The EEE test produced reliable positive resultswith samples containing...

Notes

Author(s) - Roger S. Nasci, Kristy L. Gottfried, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Jeffrey R. Ryan, Eva Emmerich, Kirti Davé