Hyperimmune antirabies sera titration by standard mouse neutralization and counterimmunoelectrophoresis tests, comparing results of different laboratories

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1995 Sep-Oct;37(5):435-40. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46651995000500009.

Abstract

To determine the rabies antibody level of twenty-four hyperimmune equine sera, Standard Mouse Neutralization (SMN) and Couterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) tests were carried out, both at the Instituto Butantan (IB) and Instituto Panamericano de Proteccíon de Alimentos y Zoonosis (INPPAZ). Statistical analysis has shown a correlation (r) of 0.9317 between the SMN and CIE performed at the IB, while at the INPPAZ it scored 0.974. Comparison of CIE data of both laboratories yielded a correlation of 0.845. The CIE technique has shown to be a sensitive and efficient as the SMN in titrating antirabies hyperimmune equine sera. Based on CIE results, a simple, rapid and inexpensive technique, titers of sera antibody can be rellably estimated in SMN test.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
  • Counterimmunoelectrophoresis*
  • Horses
  • Immune Sera / analysis*
  • Mice
  • Neutralization Tests*
  • Rabies Vaccines / immunology*
  • Rabies virus / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immune Sera
  • Rabies Vaccines