Open AccessPrediction of Residual Immunity to Smallpox, by Means of an Intradermal Skin Test with Inactivated Vaccinia Virus
Author(s) -
Sung Haro Kim,
Ji Whan Bang,
Kyong Hwa Park,
Wan Burn Park,
Hong Bin Kim,
Nam Joong Kim,
Youngmee Jee,
Haewol Cho,
Myoung Don Oh,
Kang Won Choe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/505505
Subject(s) - vaccinia , smallpox , immunity , smallpox vaccine , vaccination , medicine , virology , orthopoxvirus , virus , immunology , titer , immune system , biology , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Intradermal skin testing with inactivated vaccinia virus was evaluated for its prediction of residual immunity to smallpox.