COMPARISON OF HUMAN IMMUNE-RESPONSES TO PURIFIED VERO CELL AND HUMAN-DIPLOID CELL RABIES VACCINES BY USING 2 DIFFERENT ANTIBODY TITRATION METHODS
COMPARISON OF HUMAN IMMUNE-RESPONSES TO PURIFIED VERO CELL AND HUMAN-DIPLOID CELL RABIES VACCINES BY USING 2 DIFFERENT ANTIBODY TITRATION METHODS
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DOI:
10.1128/jcm.28.8.1847-1850.1990
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发表时间:
1990-08-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
OLSVIK, O
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作者:
KITALA, PM;LINDQVIST, KJ;OLSVIK, O
Antibody responses to a conventional rabies preexposure regimen of a new purified Vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV) and a human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) were compared in 80 healthy Kenyan veterinary students. Forty-three of the students received the PVRV and 37 received the HDCV on days 0, 7, and 28. Antibody responses were monitored by using the rapid fluorescent-focus inhibition test (RFFIT) and an inhibition enzyme immunoassay (INH EIA) on days 0, 7, 28, and 49. Both vaccines elicited a rapid antibody response. A good correlation between the RFFIT titers and the INH EIA titers were obtained (r = 0.90). Our results also showed that the INH EIA was more reproducible and might therefore be a suitable substitute for the more expensive and less reproducible FFIT. The geometric mean titers determined by both tests in the two groups of students were statistically similar during the test period. The RFFIT and INH EIA gave comparable geometric mean titers, which differed significantly only on day 28 in the PVRV group. The effect of the new PVRV is comparable to that of the more expensive HDCV, as determined by the present test systems. The PVRV could therefore be the vaccine of choice, especially in tropical rabies-endemic areas, where the high cost of the HDCV has confined its use ot a privileged few.