Volume 2, Number 4—October 1996
Dispatch
Encephalitis Caused by a Lyssavirus in Fruit Bats in Australia
Table 2
Reactivity patterns of nucleocapsid monoclonal antibodies (Mab) with rabies (CVS-11) and pteropid lyssavirus (PLV)
IFATa |
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MAbb | Specificitya | CVS-11 | PLV |
W502-2c | lyssavirus | + | + |
HAMd | lyssavirus | + | + |
C15-2e | rabies | + | - |
62-143-1f | rabies | + | + |
62-3-1f | rabies +, EBV + | + | - |
62-146-3f | rabies +, DUVV - | + | + |
W422c | Mokola +, LBV + | - | - |
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