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Typing of herpes simplex virus by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with monoclonal antibodies.

ABSTRACT

We developed a method that uses monoclonal antibodies for typing herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 strains. Clinical isolates from GMK cells were seeded directly into a monolayer of GMK cells. After incubation overnight, monoclonal antibodies were added to the infected monolayer, and antibody binding was indicated by a peroxidase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Using prototype strains and previously typed patient strains, we verified the specificity of this technique. This method is now used routinely for typing herpes simplex strains in our laboratory. We have also used this technique for specific staining of type 1 plaques in a mixture of type 1 and type 2 plaques. With this method it is possible to find a single type 1 plaque among several hundred type 2 plaques on a single petri dish. Infectious virus can also be recovered from stained, unfixed type 1 plaques.

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