Efeito do congelamento sobre a imunogenicidade da vacina contra a raiva produzida em tecido cerebral de camundongo

the immune humoral response induced by the rabies vaccine produced in suckling mouse brain was studied in 23 dogs. the mouse neutralization test (mnt) was used to evaluate the level of rabies antibodies. ten dogs received vaccine stored at 2 to 8°c, showing the following results: 30 days after vaccination, six samples (60%) responded to the mnt; 180 days after vaccination, 4 samples (40%); and 360 days after vaccination, only one sample (10%). the remaining 13 dogs received previously frozen vaccine and 30 days after vaccination, only two samples (l5.4%) responded to the mnt. no titers were detected 180 and 360 days after vaccination. statistical analysis of each variable used tuckey analysis of variance, which showed statistically significant differences between the two groups.