Study on the use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in determining human antibodies to diphtheria toxin as compared with a reference toxin neutralization assay

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Skoura, L ^a   Efstratiou, A ^b   Tsakris, A ^c   Pournaras, S ^a   George, R C ^b   Douboyas, J ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; ELISA; Toxin neutralization assay

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; VERO CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032969672     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(98)00135-0     Document Type: Article

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