Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 1208-1217.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.05.007

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Advances Research on African Swine Fever Serological Diagnostic Targets

YANG Wenbing1, ZOU Yawen1, JIANG Yifan2, YU Wanting3, YANG Yi1, WU Jing1*, WANG Naidong1*   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;
    2. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, Changsha 410128, China;
    3. R & D Center for Animal Reverse Vaccinology of Hunan Province, Changsha 410128, China
  • Received:2020-10-12 Online:2021-05-23 Published:2021-05-22

Abstract: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly fatal infectious disease caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV) in pigs. The proteins p30, p54 and p72 encoded by ASFV have high immunogenicity and some amino acid sequences are conserved, so they are often used as serological diagnostic targets to evaluate the changes of antibody levels through different stages or degrees of ASFV infection. In-depth study of ASF serological diagnostic targets would be helpful to explore its infection detection, pathogenic mechanism and immune system response. This paper systematically reviewed the progress in the detection of main candidate proteins and their targets for serological diagnosis of ASF, analyzed the antigenic epitopes (regions) of candidate targets and the characteristics of antibody binding, and discussed their application potential as new targets for serological diagnosis of ASF.

Key words: African swine fever virus, diagnostic targets, structural proteins, antigenic epitopes

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