TABLE 4.
Estimation of concentrations of antibody to individual pneumococcal types in reference serum lot 89SF by cross-standardization by the mHSA comix method
| Type used as reference | Concn (μg/ml) in serum 89SF of IgG antibody against the following type PSs with reference antibody values:
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 9N | 19A | |
| 4 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 10.3 |
| 6B | 7.6 | 7.6 | 11.4 |
| 7F | 5.7 | 6.6 | 9.1 |
| 9V | 5.2 | 9.6 | 13.4 |
| 23F | 4.8 | 8.3 | 12.5 |
| Meana | 5.6 | 7.9 | 11.3 |
a
Arithmetic mean of antibody estimates obtained by using individual types with their previously assigned IgG antibody concentrations (14) to generate the reference curve.