Evaluation of an anti-rPA IgG ELISA for measuring the antibody response in mice. |
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| Authors: | S F Little W M Webster S L W Norris G P Andrews |
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| Institution: | United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Bacteriology Division, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5011, USA. stephen.little@amedd.army.mil |
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| Abstract: | A recombinant protective antigen (rPA)-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure the serological response of female A/J mice after inoculation with the new rPA-based anthrax vaccine. Several fundamental parameters of the ELISA were evaluated: specificity, precision, accuracy, linearity, and stability. Experimental results suggested that the quantitative anti-rPA IgG ELISA could be used to measure antibody levels in female A/J mice and may be useful as a potency assay to monitor consistency of manufacture of a rPA-based vaccine for planned clinical trials. |
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