Human Monoclonal Antibodies Neutralizing Varicella-Zoster Virus

Abstract
Hybridomas secreting human monoclonal antibodies to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) were produced by fusing B cells of a patient recovering from acute varicella infection with a human-mouse cell line. Two hybrid lines have continued to secrete IgG1, one with .kappa. and the other with .lambda. chains for at least 12 mo. Each antibody neutralizes virus infectivity between 1-5 .mu.g of partially purified Ig/ml, each shows a different pattern of immunofluorescent staining of virus-infected cells, and 1 identifies 3 viral proteins with MW of 60,000, 95,000 and 97,000.