Valoración de la producción de anticuerpos en un ensayo de vacunas VLP frente a los serotipos 1 y 4 de la lengua azul

  1. Ana Cristina Pérez de Diego 1
  2. Laura Espinosa 1
  3. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias

ISSN: 1988-2688

Any de publicació: 2009

Volum: 3

Número: 2

Pàgines: 184-191

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias

Resum

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate by a competitive ELISA test the VP7 antibodies in response to VLPs vaccines for bluetongue serotypes 1 & 1+4, and after the virus challenge, to assess the humoral immune response produced by these VLPs. The three vaccinated groups showed positive results 35 days after the vaccination. However, in non vaccinated animals antibodies were not detected before day 10 post virus challenge. The presence of antibodies in vaccinated animals implies that VLP Vaccines are able to stimulate a humoral response.