Mucosal antibodies can be measured in air-dried samples of saliva and feces

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Vetvik, Helene ^a   Grewal, Harleen M S ^b   Haugen, Inger Lise ^a   Åhrén, Christina ^c   Haneberg, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air drying; Feces; IgA; IgG; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; VACCINATION;

FECES; FREEZING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NASAL MUCOSA; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENINGOCOCCUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031698353     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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