Comparison of the bioactivity of reference preparations for assaying Bordetella pertussis toxin activity in vaccines by the histamine sensitisation and Chinese hamster ovary-cell tests: Assessment of validity of expression of activity in terms of protein concentration

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 29-30, 2002, Pages 3535-3542

  Xing, D ^a   Das, R Gaines ^a   Newland, P ^a   Corbel, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histamine sensitisation test; Pertussis toxin; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FREEZE DRYING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; HISTAMINE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0037019912     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00338-9     Document Type: Article

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