Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-format tissue culture infectious dose-50 test for titrating dengue virus.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
A dengue nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based tissue culture infectious dose-50 (TCID(50)) test (TCID(50)-ELISA) was developed as an alternative to the standard plaque assay for titrating dengue virus. Virus titers obtained by TCID(50)-ELISA were comparable to those obtained by the plaque assay and by the traditional TCID(50)-cytopathic effect (CPE) test (TCID(50)-CPE), with a better reproducibility and a lower coefficient of variation. Quantitative comparison of TCID(50)-ELISA and TCID(50)-CPE resulted in a correlation coefficient of 0.976. Moreover, this new method showed a wider application to C6/36, Vero E6, BHK-21, and Vero cells compared with other titration methods. In summary, the novel TCID(50)-ELISA method described here provides a more reliable and more accurate alternative compared to the plaque assay and TCID(50)-CPE for titration of dengue virus.