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convalescent serum |
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convalescent serum Serum from a person who has recuperated from a particular infection–eg, scarlet fever, which may be of use in treating a person with the same infection; while acute-phase serum has ↑ IgM antibodies, CS has ↓
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For FRNT, human convalescent serum samples were diluted serially in 2-fold steps, mixed with an equal volume of the respective virus containing 30-100 focus-forming units of this virus, incubated for 1 h at 37[degrees]C or overnight at 4[degrees]C-6[degrees]C, and then used to inoculate the cells. [9] The fall in titers, however, can't be measured until 46 months after therapy, so the baseline serum must be stored to run it concurrently with the convalescent serum. 144 Convalescent-phase sera, 142 Convalescent serum for viral |
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