Induction of hepatitis B antibody in experimental animals by immunization with A-2 plaque virus

Journal of Virology
|December 1, 1973
PubMed

A sero-conversion for hepatitis B antibody has resulted from immunization of patas monkeys, guinea pigs, and rabbits with the A-2 plaque virus. This agent was isolated in tissue culture from patient sera that were positive for hepatitis B antigen. The immune response was assayed with techniques of direct and indirect counter-immunoelectrophoresis, and immune electron microscopy.