Detection of avian and mammalian retrovirus infections

摘要

The invention relates to a method of detecting a retroviral pol gene product in a sample, which comprises: (a) treating the sample with a disrupting agent to liberate the pol gene product, (b) contacting the treated sample of step (a) with a pol gene product-specific monoclonal antibody, to form a pol gene product/pol gene product-specific monoclonal antibody complex, (c) separating the complex of step (b) from the sample, and (d) determining the presence of the pol gene product either in the complex described in step (b) or after separation described in step (c).