Invitrogen™ Hepatitis A Virus Monoclonal Antibody (1880)

Description

Specificity: Specific to HAV, reacts with native antigen. Purified preparations consist of >90% pure mouse monoclonal antibody which has been purified from ascites fluid by protein A chromatography. The final preparation is formulated to a protein concentration of 100 μg/mL in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.2 and contains 0.1% sodium azide. Each vial contains 1.0 mL. This product contains no stabilizing proteins and should be stored at 4C until ready for use. Working dilution must be determined by the user. Suggested starting ranges are 1:10-1:50 for ICC/IF and 1:20-1:200. for ELISA.

Hepatitis A virus (HAV), a human picornavirus, is spread by the fecal-oral route, but the site of virus replication is the liver. The symptoms of the disease are heterogeneous depending on the age of infection, ranging from silent infections mainly in young children to classical hepatitis in older age groups, and fatal courses of the disease also occur.