MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO WEST NILE VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEIN AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WEST NILE VIRAL INFECTION USING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

摘要

The invention addresses the problem of providing a method capable of determining infection with West Nile virus (WNV) rapidly and with high accuracy. According to the invention, a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes an envelope protein (E) or a pre-membrane protein (PrM), which is a structural protein of West Nile virus (WNV) and a method for determining WNV infection by competitive ELISA in which the monoclonal antibody and a test serum are simultaneously added to a solid phase are provided.