Absence of a correlation between humoral and cellular responses to a vaccinia virus and products of the major histocompatibility complex in rhesus monkeys.

Sixty-two Rhesus monkeys were tested at different times after vaccinia virus infection for virus-specific induction of lymphocyte proliferation in vitro or antibody production in vivo. No association was found between identifiable RhLA-controlled antigens and the strength of the cellular proliferative and/of humoral response.