Sensitive assay for measurement of antibodies to Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins A, B, and E: Use of hapten-labeled-antibody elution to isolate specific complexes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 578-583

  Doellgast, George J ^a,b   Brown, J Edward ^c   Koufman, James A ^a   Hatheway, Charles L ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Elcatech Inc   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; NEUROTOXIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GALLUS GALLUS; VIPER;

EID: 0031051419     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.578-583.1997     Document Type: Article

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