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A strip test was developed for detection of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) using a pair of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), called IMN7 and IMC6, that are specific for the N and C fragments, respectively, of the IMNV capsid protein. The test strips were placed in plastic cassettes and stored desiccated in sealed plastic bags. In detection assays using the test-strip cassettes, 100-μl samples of application buffer containing homogenates from muscles or pleopods of normal or IMNV-infected shrimp were applied to the cassette sample chamber. Subsequent flow through the glass-fiber pad and the nitrocellulose membrane strip led to the development of visible antibody-protein complexes within 15 min. In samples containing IMNV, viral capsid protein bound to gold-labeled IMN7 in the glass-fiber pad and the complex was subsequently captured by MAb IMC6 at the T line to form a reddish-purple band. Any unbound gold-labeled IMN7 migrated past the T line to be captured by the GAM antibody to form a band at the C line. Samples without IMNV or containing it below the test detection limit gave reddish-purple bands only at the C line. The sensitivity of the test was comparable to that of dot blot tests using single MAbs but was ~300-fold less sensitive than a one-step RT-PCR test for IMNV. Despite this lower sensitivity, the strip test has advantages of low cost, speed and simplicity (i.e., no sophisticated equipment or specialized skills required), and it is appropriate for use by farmers for pathogen confirmation when IMNV is suspected in diseased shrimp.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Thai National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) to CENTEX Shrimp, Mahidol University, and by funding from the project for Higher Education Research Promotion and National University Development, Office of the Thailand Higher Education Commission. The authors are also indebted to farmers in Indonesia who provided IMNV-infected shrimp samples. We wish to thank Pacific Biotech Co. Ltd. for providing the facilities for strip test production.
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Chaivisuthangkura, P., Senapin, S., Wangman, P. et al. Simple and rapid detection of infectious myonecrosis virus using an immunochromatographic strip test. Arch Virol 158, 1925–1930 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-013-1680-0
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