Hepatitis A-virus in cell culture. V. Neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis A-virus.
A test system for the detection of neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis A-virus (anti-HAV-Nt) is presented. The anti-HAV-Nt assay is performed with Frhk-4/R cells and the hepatitis A virus (HAV) strain GBM/Frhk-4/R which has been adapted to these cells. Non-neutralized HAV is demonstrated 14 days after infection of Frhk-4/R cells using a radio-immunoassay for detecting newly grown HAV. The influence of differing amounts of HAV on the anti-HAV-Nt titre and the effect of variations in incubation time of virus-serum mixtures are described. The time course of anti-HAV-Nt is shown in sera from a hepatitis-A patient which were taken at different stages of the disease. Anti-HAV-Nt is compared with anti-HAV and anti-HAV-IgM. It is shown that anti-HAV-Nt correlates closely with anti-HAV and separated anti-HAV-IgG, but only slightly with anti-HAV-IgM. The test system presented makes possible the demonstration of neutralizing antibodies against HAV in gamma-globulin preparations and during vaccination studies.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000276:immunology; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D013997:Time Factors
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M