Detection of diphtheria antitoxin by four different methods

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 628-633

  Skogen, Vegard ^a   Jenum, Pål A ^b   Koroleva, Vera N ^c   Danilova, Elena ^c   Halvorsen, Dag S ^a   Maksimova, Nina ^d   Sjursen, Haakon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Regional Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^d Lab Epidemiologic Survlnc D   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria antitoxin; Protection; Serologic assays

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032731278     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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