The usefulness of diffusion-in-gel-ELISA in clinical practice as illustrated by a Campylobacter jejuni outbreak

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Gunnarsson, Harriet ^a   Svedhem, Åke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibody; Campylobacter; Diffusion in gel; DIG ELISA; EIA; ELISA; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031720469     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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