protection test
pro·tec·tion test
a test to determine the antimicrobial activity of a serum or to identify a given organism by inoculating a susceptible animal or cell culture with a mixture of the serum and the virus or other microbe being tested.
Synonym(s): neutralization test
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serum neutralisation test
A test in which a patient’s serum, which may contain a neutralising antibody and a microorganism of interest (e.g., an adenovirus or enterovirus), is either placed in a cell culture or injected into a host organism so as to evaluate levels of protective antibodies present within the serum.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pro·tec·tion test
(prŏ-tek'shŭn test)A procedure to determine the antimicrobial activity of a serum by inoculating a susceptible animal with a mixture of the serum and the virus or other microbe being tested.
Synonym(s): neutralization test.
Synonym(s): neutralization test.
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