Anthrax Vaccines
Reports summarize anthrax vaccines research from Medical Research Institute
Published in Food and Drug Law Weekly, September 19th, 2008
New research, 'An in vivo passive protection assay for the evaluation of immunity in AVA-vaccinated individuals,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "Samples of human plasma from anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA, BioThrax)-vaccinated individuals were used to demonstrate passive protection of A/J mice from a lethal challenge with the Sterne strain of anthrax bacteria. The maximum concentration of human anti-protective antigen IgG in mouse sera 24 h after injection of 260 microg of anti-PA IgG was 134 microg/ml, declining to 91 microg/ml at 72 h (half-life=101.7 h)."
"Mice showed significant survival (p <or=0.001) after...
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