Recombinant mouse-human chimeric antibodies as calibrators in immunoassays that measure antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1277-1284

  Hackett Jr , John ^a,b   Hoff Velk, Jane ^a   Golden, Alan ^a   Brashear, Jeff ^a   Robinson, John ^a   Rapp, Margaret ^a   Klass, Michael ^a   Ostrow, David H ^a,b   Mandecki, Wlodek ^a,c  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c DGI BioTechnologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031969809     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1277-1284.1998     Document Type: Article

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