TABLE 1.
No. of doses | Antigen per dose (μg) | GMTb
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Serum
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Stool
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IgG | IgA | NAc | IgG | IgA | ||
2 | 0 | <100 | <100 | <20 | <5 | <5 |
2 | 10 | 101,000 | 2,700 | 53 | 12 | 420 |
2 | 1 | 17,700 | 430 | <20 | <5 | 41 |
2 | 0.1 | 490 | 120 | <20 | <5 | <5 |
1 | 10 | 13,900 | 730 | <20 | <5 | 81 |
1 | 1 | 2,300 | 106 | <20 | <5 | 9 |
1 | 0.1 | <100 | <100 | <20 | <5 | <5 |
Groups of eight, 2-month-old female BALB/c mice were i.n. inoculated with one or two (separated by 2 weeks) doses of psoralen-inactivated, tl EDIM and orally challenged with 4 × 104 infectious EDIM (100 ID50) 4 weeks after the last immunization. Serum and stools analyzed for rotavirus antibody were collected on the day before challenge.
The limit of detection is shown by the “<” symbol, and this titer was used to determine GMTs where appropriate.
NA, neutralizing antibody to EDIM.