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The hybridoma clone 3A1 was prepared in this study, and anti-AFB1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) with high specificity and affinity (9.38 \u00d7 108 L\/mol) from 3A1 was purified. The indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA) demonstrated that the linear detection range for AFB1 was 0.029\u20131.526 ng\/mL with a limits of determination (LOD) of 0.023 ng\/mL. A latex microsphere-based immunochromatographic test strip (LM-ICTS) was constructed based on 3A1, which showed that the strip could detect AFB1 (LOD: lower than 1.79 ng\/mL) and AFG1 (LOD: lower than 8.08 ng\/mL), and the linear detection ranges for AFB1 and AFG1 are 1.79\u201348.46 ng\/mL and 8.08\u2013107.40 ng\/mL, respectively. The average recoveries of intra-assay and inter-assay for peanuts were (98.4 \u00b1 4.7)% and (92.6 \u00b1 7.6)%, and the average coefficient of variation (CVs) were 4.38% and 8.15%, respectively. For sunflower seeds, the intra-assay and inter-assay recoveries were (94.4 \u00b1 7.2)% and (89.2 \u00b1 4.3)%, and the average CVs were 6.6% and 4.9%, respectively. 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