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Baculovirus
Studies from B. Cho and colleagues reveal new findings on baculovirus
January 27th, 2009
A report, 'Expression of the capsid protein of Chikungunya virus in a baculovirus for serodiagnosis of Chikungunya disease,' is newly published data in Journal of Virological Methods. "Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes endemic or epidemic outbreaks of CHIK fever, which typically manifests as a febrile illness. To develop a CHIKV-specific diagnostic test, CHIKV capsid protein was expressed using a baculovirus expression system," scientists in Korea report. "The seroreactvity of the recombinant CHIKV capsid protein was evaluated by ELISA and immuochromatographic assay (ICA), using 40 anti-CHIKV-positive and 20 anti-CHIKV-negative sera, an additional 20 normal sera...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-27)
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