title: Immune response of guinea pigs to varicella vaccine strain (OKA) and wild strains.
abstract: An immune response (neutralizing and complement fixing antibodies) was detected in guinea pigs to varicella vaccine strain (Oka), but not to 2 wild strains. The possible use of guinea pigs and the vaccine strain (Oka) as a model system is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral