Current Laboratory Techniques in Rabies Diagnosis, Research and Prevention, Volume 2

Laboratory Techniques in Rabies Diagnosis, Research and Prevention provides a basic understanding of the current trends in rabies. It establishes a new facility for rabies surveillance, vaccine and antibody manufacturing. It offers clarity about the choice of laboratory methods for diagnosis and virus typing, of systems for producing monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies and of methods for testing potency of vaccines and antibodies.The book covers advancements in the classical methods described as well as recent methods and approaches pertaining to rabies diagnosis and research.

I. Foreword II. Introduction III. Rabies Diagnosis a) Demonstration of virus i) Electron microscopy ii) Virus isolation in animals, the mouse inoculation test (MIT) iii) Virus isolation in cell culture, the rapid tissue culture inoculation test (RTCIT) iv) Rat basophilic leukemia cell sensor b) Demonstration of viral subunits and antigens i) Purification of rabies viral subunits ii) Preparation of fluorescent antibody conjugate in rabbits iii) Preparation of fluorescent antibody conjugate in goats iv) DFA (postmortem) v) Skin biopsy vi) Immuno histochemistry c) Demonstration of viral nucleic acids i) Gel based PCR ii) In situ PCR d) Demonstration of viral antibodies 1. Binding Assays i) ELISA - Traditional ii) IFA iii) Counter Immunoelectrophoresis 2. Functional Assays i) Mouse neutralization test ii) RFFIT iii) FAVN e) Typing/differentiation of lyssaviruses i) Antigenic typing by MAbs

IV. Rabies Biologics i) Rabies vaccines for humans or other animals 1. Purified chick embryo cell vaccine 2. Purified Vero Cell Rabies Vaccine 3. In vivo NIH potency testing of rabies vaccines 9. In vitro Potency testing of rabies vaccines ii) Rabies antibodies/fragments 1. Production of polyclonal rabies immune globulin in humans 2. Production of polyclonal antibodies in horses 3. Production of polyclonal antibodies in birds 4. Production of full length human monoclonal antibodies using transgenic mice

V. Development of Anti-Viral Approaches

VI. Appendix i. List of biologics recommended by WHO for human rabies prophylaxis

• Supplies techniques pertaining to rabies diagnosis and research
• Provides an update on the conventional and modern vaccines for rabies prevention
• Offers updates on the full length antibodies and antibody fragments for post exposure prophylaxis of rabies
• Presents technique descriptions that can be used to be compared to industry protocols to identify and establish potential new techniques