Division 2
United Kingdom
The ELISA test is the most reliable and useful test for large-scale serological studies. It is based on the detection of ASF virus antibodies bound to the viral proteins which are attached to a solid phase by addition of protein A conjugated with an enzyme that produces a visible colour reaction when it reacts with the appropriate substrate.
Notes on Chapter VII
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Annex Ch. 7 s. B omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Annex Ch. 7 s. B substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)