Biomedical subjects

T M Inderbitzin

Publications and source records attributed to T M Inderbitzin.

15 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1977

Antigenicity of cholera toxoid in humans.

A cholera toxoid was produced by heating of a purified cholera toxin and treatment of the resulting toxoid procholeragenoid with a formaldehyde solution. When given subcutaneously and intramuscularly to volunteers in doses of 3-100 microng, the toxoid produced no noteworthy side effects, but the injections produced a dose-dependent rise in level of toxin-neutralizing antibodies in serum. Administration of toxoid in combination with whole-cell vaccine induced antitoxin levels that seemed to be higher than those induced by toxoid alone, but statistical analysis revealed a significant difference only between titers after administration of 10 microng of toxoid alone and those after administration of 10 microng of toxoid in combination with whole-cell vaccine.

Antibody Formation↗

PubMed1976

[Effectiveness and tolerance of the rabies vaccine Lyssavac Berna].

Rabies vaccine derived from human diploid cells (Wyeth, Merieux) and the duck embryo vaccine Lyssavac Berna are prepared from beta-propiolactone-inactivated Pitman-Moore vaccine virus strain. A group of 113 seronegative veterinary students was vaccinated with Lyssavac Berna according to the 4-dose immunization schedule recommended by WHO. Seroconversion was obtained in all test persons. The vaccine was very well tolerated. In agreement with the literature we also found a relatively fast decline in the neutralizing antibody titer after this immunization procedure. However, a booster injection after one year resulted in an antibody rise with titer values comparable with or higher than those obtained after the primary vaccination course. An annual single revaccination dose should be sufficient to protect people at risk.

Adult↗

PubMed1976

Preparation of a purified antigenic cholera toxoid.

Purified cholera enterotoxin was prepared by methods described by Finkelstein and Lo Spalluto (1970). This toxin was detoxified by treatment with heat and formaldehyde. Heating cholera toxin at 60 C for 25 min resulted in the formation of a polymer named procholeragenoid by Finkelstein et al. (1971). The weak toxic activity of this product was removed by treatment with formalin. No residual toxicity could be demonstrated in formalinized procholeragenoid by the rabbit ileal loop assay and the highly sensitive rabbit skin tests. This toxoid was nevertheless at least as antigenic in the rabbit as was the toxin. No reversion to toxicity was observed in vivo and in vitro at 4 C. The toxicity of formalinized procholeragenoid never exceeded 1/5,000 to 1/10,000 that of the toxin.

Antigens, Bacterial↗

PubMed1973