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Two distinct, specific, “soluble” precipitinogens—θ and ι—have been detected by immunodiffusion in concentrates of medium from pig kidney cell cultures (PS-RV) chronically infected with rubella virus. Antibody reactants have included convalescent phase sera from rubella patients and sera of hyperimmunized baboons. I have already described1 the preparation and assay of antigen concentrates and I now describe some of the physicochemical properties of the two antigens.
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LE BOUVIER, G. Physicochemical Characteristics of Rubella Antigens Theta and Iota. Nature 221, 78–79 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221078a0
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