The protective role of humoral neutralizing antibody in the NIH potency test for rabies vaccines |
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| Authors: | P S Wunderli J H Shaddock D S Schmid T J Miller G M Baer |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333. |
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| Abstract: | Intraperitoneal vaccination of mice with rabies vaccine results in both dosage-dependent rabies virus neutralizing antibody titres and protection from lethal intracerebral (i.c.) challenge with fixed strain CVS rabies virus. Pre-exposure adoptive intravenous transfer of naive or immune cells did not significantly protect naive Balb/c mice from lethal i.c. CVS challenge, but immune serum and anti-rabies glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies (individually and in combination) did confer significant protection when administered before or up to 24 h after lethal i.c. rabies virus challenge. |
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