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

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.

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.