L'épreuve ELISA concurrente, qui utilise l'anticorps monoclonal 3-17-A3, permet de détecter les anticorps de tous les sérotypes connus du virus de la fièvre catarrhale (BTV).
The competitive ELISA using monoclonal antibody 3-17-A3 is capable of identifying antibodies to all known serotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV).