Detection of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin using a capture antibody ELISA

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 471-484

  Hale, Martha L ^a   Stiles, Bradley G ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032985066     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00179-2     Document Type: Article

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