Rubella virus strains show no major antigenic differences.

doi:10.1159/000150277

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Rubella virus strains show no major antigenic differences.

Intervirology - 1 Jan 1992

Best J M, Thomson A, Nores J R, O'Shea S, Banatvala J E

Abstract excerpt

To determine whether antigenic differences occur among rubella virus strains, five wild-type strains of rubella virus isolated in the UK, the USA, and in Japan between 1964 and 1987 and four attenuated vaccine strains were compared employing a panel of 28 monoclonal antibodies in neutralization,...

Topics

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody Specificity
Antigens, Viral
Epitopes
Genetic Variation
Japan
Rubella virus
Serotyping
Time Factors
United Kingdom
United States

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