TABLE 2.

Reactivities of MAbs, prepared against European and Far-Eastern subtype strains of TBEV, with prME antigens in IFA and immunoblotting

MAb	Reactivitiesa of the indicated MAb in:
	IFA			Immunoblotting assay
	Kumlinge A52	Karelia-94	Sofjin	Kumlinge A52	Karelia-94	Sofjin
European panel
1493	++	++	++	++	++	++
1786	++	+	+	++	+	+
1418	++	+	+	++	+	+
1718	++	(+)	(+)	++	(+)	(+)
171	−−	−−	−−	−−	−−	−−
Far-Eastern panel
14D5	+	++	++	+	++	++
1B1	+	++	++	+	++	++
13D6	+	+	+	−−	−−	−−
10C2	+	++	++	+	++	++
7C2	+	++	++	+	++	++
FVN-31b	+	++	++	+	++	++
FVN-32b	+	++	++	+	++	++

^aReactivity categories: ++, very strong; +, strong; (+), weak; −−, none.

^bNot published.