RESEARCH ARTICLE
Development and Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Dengue Capsid
Suganya Selvarajah 1, Udayan Chatterji 1, Richard Kuhn 2, Richard Kinney 3, Subhash G Vasudevan 4, Philippe Gallay*, 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 29
Last Page: 37
Publisher Id: TOVJ-6-29
DOI: 10.2174/1874357901206010029
Article History:
Received Date: 23/11/2011Revision Received Date: 20/1/2012
Acceptance Date: 20/1/2012
Electronic publication date: 29/3/2012
Collection year: 2012
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Abstract
The astonishing speed with which Dengue has spread across the world and the severity of its infection make Dengue a prime threat to human life worldwide. Unfortunately, to date there are no effective vaccines or treatments against Dengue. Since only a few assays permit rapid and sensitive detection of Dengue, we developed a specific antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the abundant structural Dengue-2 capsid protein. We showed that the ELISA allows rapid and sensitive detection of Dengue-2 replication in various cell lines including human and mosquito cells. Using anti-capsid antibodies, we demonstrated that the capsid ELISA is as accurate as other well-characterized Dengue assays such as intracellular FACS staining (IFSA) and fluorescent focus (FFA) assays. The capsid ELISA not only represents a useful tool for in vitro basic research, but it may also represent a valuable diagnostic tool for Dengue infection in patients.