title: The assessment of OPV vaccines by the monkey neurovirulence test: why and how to qualify the experts in histology of central nervous system.
abstract: Prior to batch release of oral poliovirus vaccines (OPV) for marketing purpose, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and European pharmacopoeia require a monkey neurovirulence test to be performed both by the manufacturer and the relevant National Control Laboratory (NCL) to assess vaccine safety as regards neurovirulence. Due to the subjectivity of histological examination and of neural lesions scoring, the French NCL has set up a proficiency testing procedure to qualify a new expert.
authors.affiliation: Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé, DLC, 321 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morgeaux
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D000882:Haplorhini; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / Q000633:toxicity*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012449:Safety; D014774:Virulence; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral