193 results about "Encephalitis Viruses" patented technology

The present invention provides a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of a West Nile virus (WNV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) and Dengue virus (DENV) and antibodies directed against thereof involving contacting a biological specimen suspected of being infected with WNV, JE, SLE or DEN with a substantially purified and isolated WNV E glycoprotein or subfragment thereof having a native conformation wherein the E glycoprotein or subfragment thereof has a reactivity with antibodies against WNV and a cross-reactivity with antibodies against JEV, SLEV and DENV. The instant invention further provides a rapid, sensitive, and consistent method for the specific detection of WNV by employing diagnostic assays having the antigen NS5 which is specifically reactive with anti-WNV antibodies but not cross-reactive with antibodies against other flaviviruses such as JEV, SLEV, or DENV. The present invention also provides a rapid, sensitive, and consistent method for the specific detection of DENV by employing diagnostic assays having the antigen NS5 which is specifically reactive with anti-DENV antibodies but do not cross-react with antibodies against other flaviviruses such as JEV, SLEV, or WNV. Further, the DENV NS5 antigens are serospecific and do not cross react with antibodies to other DENV strains. Thus, the method of the present invention provides a manner by which to discriminate infections by each DENV strain. Further, diagnostic kits for carrying out the methods are provided. The methods and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention are rapid and require as little as 10 minutes to detect a result. The invention also provides monoclonal antibodies against WNV NS5 and DENV NS5 antigen and their use in detecting WNV and DENV infections in a biological sample.

The invention belongs to the field of biotechnology, and relates to a vaccine embedded with virus-like particles expressing multi-epitope antigen for Japanese encephalitis, and a preparation method and application thereof. The antigen of the vaccine is virus-like particles formed through spontaneous assembly of hepatitis B virus core antigen embedded with neutralizing antigen epitope expressing Japanese encephalitis virus and cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) antigen epitope, and is prepared through soluble expression of escherichia coli and purification. The Japanese encephalitis virus-like particle antigen is properly diluted with physiological saline, or is compatible with immunologic adjuvants to be prepared into the Japanese encephalitis particle vaccine. Animal experiments show that: the vaccine is safe and high-efficiency; mice inoculate with the vaccine generate high-level neutralizing antigen for the Japanese encephalitis virus to protect the mice against the attack of strong Japanese encephalitis virus by 100 percent.

The invention provides a multi-RT-PCR method for monitoring pollution of six main viruses in a pig farm environment through one system and application. According to the method, primer design is conducted for CSFV, JEV, PRRSV, PCV-2, PRV and PPV, a multi-RT-PCR reaction system for the six viruses is established, air samples are collected through liquid collision, the viruses are subjected to separation concentration through ultrafiltration centrifugation, and the method for detecting the pollution of the main viruses in the pig farm environment is established. The method can be used for monitoring the pollution of the six viruses in air, fodder, drinking water, appliances, excrement and pig groups in the pig house and pig farm environment, and technical support is provided for establishing a main virus pollution early-warning mechanism and a main virus disease preventing, controlling and purifying system in the pig farm environment.