Antibody response in non-haemorrhagic smallpox patients.
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چکیده
Various studies have been made on the antibody response in smallpox. In some of these haemagglutinin inhibition tests (HI) have been used for measurement of antibody (Collier & Schonfeld, 1950) in others, complement-fixation tests (CFT), precipitation tests (pt.) and HI tests (Herrlich, Mayr & Mahnel, 1959) or CF, HI and neutralization tests (Downie & McCarthy, 1958). In the present study, all four tests were used and the findings have been used for a comparative study of cases of haemorrhagic smallpox and for assessment of possible subclinical infection in contacts of smallpox patients and the antibody response in minimal infections.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of hygiene
دوره 67 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969