Patent ID: 6190859
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
A method for detecting an antibody directed against a dengue virus antigen comprising:(i) incubating a sample suspected of containing anti-dengue antibodies with purified inactivated dengue virus wherein said inactivated dengue virus is one or more purified inactivated dengue virus selected from the group consisting of dengue virus type 1 having accession no. VR-2649, dengue virus type 2 having accession no. VR-2650, dengue virus type 3 having accession no. VR-2654, and dengue virus type 4 having accession no. VR-2651 under conditions which allow the formation of an antibody-inactivated virus complex; and(ii) detecting said antibody by detecting the antibody-inactivated virus complex.