Sensitive neutralization test for rubella antibody
| Autor: | P Albrecht, H. Sato, S Krugman, F A Ennis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Microbiology (medical) Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Adolescent Antibodies Viral medicine.disease_cause Rubella Neutralization Rubella vaccine Antibody Specificity Neutralization Tests medicine Animals Humans Rubella Vaccine Seroconversion Child Hemagglutination assay business.industry Infant Rubella virus Haplorhini medicine.disease Macaca mulatta Virology Child Preschool Immunology business Vaccine failure Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 9:259-265 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.9.2.259-265.1979 |
| Popis: | A modified rubella virus plaque neutralization test for measuring rubella antibody was developed based on the potentiation of the virus-antibody complex by heterologous anti-immunoglobulin. The test is highly sensitive, yielding titers on the average 50 to 100 times higher than the haemagglutination inhibition test or the conventional plaque neutralization test. The sensitivity of this enhanced neutralization test is somewhat limited by the existence of a prozone phenomenon which precludes testing of low-titered sera below a dilution of 1:16. No prozone effect was observed with cerebrospinal fluids. The specificity of the enhanced neutralization test was determined by seroconversion of individuals receiving rubella vaccine. Although the rubella hemagglutination inhibition test remains the test of choice in routine diagnostic and surveillance work, the enhanced rubella neutralization test is particularly useful in monitoring low-level antibody in the cerebrospinal fluid in patients with neurological disorders and in certain instances of vaccine failure. |
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