title: The time course of the humoral immune response to rhinovirus infection.
abstract: The specific humoral immune response of 17 volunteers to infection with human rhinovirus type 2 (HRV-2) has been measured both by neutralization and by ELISA. Six volunteers who had HRV-2-specific antibodies in either serum or nasal secretions before HRV-2 inoculation were resistant to infection and illness. Of the remaining 11 volunteers who had little pre-existing HRV-2-specific antibody, one was immune but 10 became infected and displayed increases in HRV-2-specific antibodies. These antibodies first increased 1-2 weeks after infection and reached a maximum at 5 weeks. All six resistant volunteers who had high pre-existing antibody and eight of the volunteers who became infected maintained their HRV-2-specific antibody for at least 1 year. At this time they were protected against reinfection. Two volunteers showed decreases in HRV-2-specific antibodies from either serum or nasal secretions. They became infected but not ill after HRV-2 inoculation 1 year later.
authors.affiliation: MRC Common Cold Unit, Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, Wilts.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Barclay
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: al-Nakib
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology*; D003139:Common Cold / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G