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An attempt was made to inactivate rabies virus in the rabid mouse brain suspension used in the fluorescent antibody test for rabies, by incubation with beta-propiolactone, at a dilution of 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000, or formaldehyde at a dilution of 1 in 200 or 1 in 1000. Each reagent at each dilution inactivated the suspension; but only beta-propiolactone diluted 1 in 1000 had no adverse effect on the working of the test.
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on a essayé d'inactiver le virus rabique dans les suspensions de cerveau de souris utilisées dans le diagnostic de la rage par immunofluorescence, par incubation en présence de beta-propiolactone á la dilution de 1 p. 100 ou de 1 p. 1000, ou en présence d'aldehyde formique à la dilution de 1 p. 200 ou de 1 p. 1000. Chaque réactif, et à chaque dilution a inactivé le virus de la suspension; mais seulement la beta-propiolactone à 1 p. 1000 s'est révélé sans effet fâcheux sur l'exécution du test.
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Markson, L. M. &Upcott, D. H. (1971). ‘The storage life of biological reagents used in the fluorescent antibody test for rabies’,Tropical Animal Health and Production,3, 86–88.
Upcott, D. H. &Markson, L. M. (1971). ‘Some aspects of fixation in the fluorescent antibody test for rabies’,Tropical Animal Health and Production,3, 83–85.
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Upcott, D.H., Markson, L.M. Inactivation of the mouse brain suspension used in the fluorescent antibody test for rabies. Trop Anim Health Prod 3, 93–94 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356483
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