Plaque Reduction, a Sensitive Test for Eastern Encephalitis Antibody

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 133; no. 3453; pp. 640 - 641
• Main Authors: Daniels, Joan B., Ratner, Joan J., Brown, Sylvia R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 03.03.1961
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral; Blood; Cultural groups; Encephalitis; Encephalitis - immunology; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Infections; Inoculation; Inoculum; Neutralization Tests; Old Medline; Viremia; Viruses; ENCEPHALITIS/immunology

Serologic surveys of vertebrates to determine rates of eastern encephalitis infection were made to discover the most likely disseminators of virus in nature. Of the techniques available, neutralization is the most specific, and antibody is known to persist for many years. This communication reports...