Monoclonal antibodies with specificities for Streptococcus pneumoniae group 9 capsular polysaccharides

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Kolberg, Jan ^a   Jones, Christopher ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group 9 polysaccharide; Monoclonal antibody; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031954891     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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