Synthetic peptides, recombinant fusion proteins and mouse monoclonal antibodies were used to delineate a B cell epitope of the VP'2 structural protein of canine parvovirus (CPV). Although this epitope is not preferentially recognized in the normal antibody response to CPV, virus-specific antibodies could be induced in BALB/c mice with a synthetic peptide representing the epitope. The potential of this non-dominant B cell epitope to induce antiviral immunity in the presence of maternal CPV-specific antibodies, is discussed.

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hdl.handle.net/1765/3410
Journal of General Virology
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Rimmelzwaan, G., Carlson, J., Uytdehaag, F., & Osterhaus, A. (1990). A synthetic peptide derived from the animo acid sequence of canine parvovirus structural proteins which defines a B cell epitope and elicits antiviral antibody in BALB c mice. Journal of General Virology, 71, 2741–2745. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/3410