Reactivity of the new monoclonal antibody '22' with meningococcal strains isolated from patients and carriers in Greece

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Tzanakaki, Georgina ^a   Kriz, Paula ^b   Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Musilek, Martin ^b   Smart, Leslie E ^c   Blackwell, C Caroline ^d  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c Meningococcal Pneumococcal Ref Lab   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Imigrant population; Neisseria meningitidis; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; IMMIGRANT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SCOTLAND; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030807296     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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