INTERPRETATION AND ESTIMATION OF RELATIVE POTENCY IN VACCINES

Authors
SIEV D
Citation
D. Siev, INTERPRETATION AND ESTIMATION OF RELATIVE POTENCY IN VACCINES, Journal of immunological methods, 208(2), 1997, pp. 131-139
Citations number
20
Journal title
Journal of immunological methods → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221759
Volume
208
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
131 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1759(1997)208:2<131:IAEORP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The implication of relative potency varies between categories of assay s. This review clarifies the meaning of the relative potency concept i n each of several classes of assays commonly used to evaluate vaccines , so that an appropriate analytical procedure may be selected. Methods of estimating relative potency are reviewed and illustrated. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.