Evaluation of chlamydia immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA rELISAs Medac for diagnosis of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Kutlin, Andrei ^a   Tsumura, Naoki ^a   Emre, Umit ^a   Roblin, Patricia M ^a   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030932668     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.2.213-216.1997     Document Type: Article

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