Opsono-Adherence Assay to Evaluate Functional Antibodies in Vaccine Development Against Bacillus anthracis and Other Encapsulated PathogensJennifer Chua *1, Donald J. Chabot *1, Tammy Putmon-Taylor 1,3, Arthur M. Friedlander 2
1Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2Headquarters Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 3Bioqual
The opsono-adherence assay is an alternative method to the opsono-phagocytic killing assay to evaluate the opsonic functions of antibodies in vaccine development.