WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization [meeting held in Geneva from l1 to 18 June 1984] : thirty-fifth report

Abstract

Records the work and recommendations of an expert committee concerned with establishing and maintaining international standards and reference reagents for selected biologicals. Sections announce substances newly accepted as international standards or reference reagents, those replacing previous ones, and substances newly selected for collaborative studies. Annexed to the report are extensive sections on the standardization of interferons and amendments to WHO requirements No. 8-10 for diphtheria toxoid, pertussis vaccine, tetanus toxoid, and combined vaccines. Other annexes cover revised requirements for hepatitis B vaccine prepared from plasma and new requirements for live varicella vaccine