Development and evaluation of an anti-rabies virus phosphoprotein-specific monoclonal antibody for detection of rabies neutralizing antibodies using RFFIT.

• Main Authors: Jihye Um (Author), Byung Chul Chun (Author), Yeong Seon Lee (Author), Kyu Jam Hwang (Author), Dong-Kun Yang (Author), Jun-Sun Park (Author), Su Yeon Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rabies is a major public health problem with a fatality rate close to 100%; however, complete prevention can be achieved through pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis. The rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT) is one of the recommended testing methods to determine the production of neutralizin...