Hemagglutination and hemagglutination-inhibition studies with a strain of Nebraska calf diarrhea virus (bovine rotavirus)

Intervirology. 1978;9(2):95-105. doi: 10.1159/000148927.

Abstract

A hemagglutinin has been prepared from Nebraska calf diarrhea virus (NCDV) propagated in BS-C-1 cell line. After cesium chloride centrifugation, the hemagglutinin of the bovine rotavirus was found to be associated with intact virions (density 1.355 g/ml) but not with virions lacking an outer capsid layer (density 1.375 g/ml). In hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) tests, the hemagglutinin reacted specifically with NCDV serum, and HAI seroconversions were detected in some sera tested. Cross-reactions were observed in complement fixation tests between the human and bovine rotaviruses but were not demonstrated by HAI, suggesting that the hemagglutinin detects a specific rather than a group antibody response.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Child
  • Cross Reactions
  • Gastroenteritis / immunology
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology
  • Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests*
  • Hemagglutination Tests*
  • Hemagglutinins, Viral* / analysis
  • Humans
  • RNA Viruses / immunology*
  • Rotavirus / immunology*
  • Rotavirus / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Hemagglutinins, Viral