FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS VIRUS TEST UTILIZING MONOCLONAL IDIOTYPIC AND ANTI-IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODIES

摘要

This invention provides (a) novel hybridoma cell lines which produce a monoclonal idiotypic antibody designated 1030.2.3.1 that binds an antigenic determinant present on FIPV but absent on FeCV; and (b) monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies designated 2814.6 and 2848.6 that mimic epitopes of this FIPV specific determinant.PPAssay procedures and kits for use in such procedures to distinguish between FIPV and FeCV are described.