Table 5. Stability of IgM and IgG3 antibodies at 42 °C.
Time [days] | O10 (IgM) | Q6 (IgM) | M18 (IgG3) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
duplicates |
duplicates |
duplicates |
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I | II | I | II | I | II | |
0 | 16a,b | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 |
3 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 32 | 32 |
4 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 32 | 32 |
5 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | 32 | 32 |
6 | 4 | 8 | — | — | 16 | 32 |
7 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 16 | 16 |
aAgglutination-inducing titres of the antibodies after indicated time of heating.
bRepresentative results of three independent experiments performed in duplicates are shown.