The invention provides an anti-orthopoxvirus
monoclonal antibody and application thereof, the
monoclonal antibody is obtained by screening through a
flow cytometry sorting technology and a single
cell PCR technology, has a unique CDR partition, and is mainly used for recognizing L1R (M1R)
antigen protein of orthopoxvirus. The affinity of the
antibody to VARV (Vector Activated
Receptor Virus), VACV (Vector Activated
Receptor Virus), CPXV (Cytopoxvirus) and MPXV (Metapoxvirus) of orthopoxvirus is 1.84 nM, 1.46 nM, 2.71 nM and 2.57 nM respectively. In a
virus neutralization experiment, the IC50 of the antibody and mature virions in
vaccinia virus cells is 37.93 pM. In a monkey
pox virus infected mouse model, the antibody can treat a monkey
pox virus infected mouse. The
monoclonal antibody disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of high expression, high neutralizing activity and good
broad spectrum, can be used for industrial production, and can be applied to coping with orthopoxvirus infection
outbreak possibly occurring in the future.