[Determination of the early antigens induced by herpes simplex virus in human tumors by a radioimmunological binding method].

It is very difficult to produce specific antibody to individual antigens comprising the multicomponent antigenic system of a cell. It is particularly true of the antigens present in the cell in small amounts and characterized by low immunogenic potency, among them early antigens of herpes simplex virus (HSV). To overcome these difficulties the authors propose a method of preparation of a specific serum using specific immune complexes as immunogens. The use of the radioimmune binding method and a new specific serum to early HSV antigen has proved that HSV could be associated not only with cervical carcinoma, as believed by many research workers, but also with tumors of other localization, in particular, lung carcinoma and malignant melanomas.