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Defective particles can lead to underestimated antibody titers in virus neutralization tests.
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Abstract
Stocks of RNA viruses often contain divergent mixtures of infectious and defective particles (DPs). Since the surface of both particles share the same immunoreactivity, differing ratios of these particles in stocks used for virus neutralization tests might alter the results. Here the impact of such off-target effects were measured.