Evaluation of the Binax and Biotest urinary antigen kits for detection of Legionnaires' disease due to multiple serogroups and species of Legionella

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2763-2765

  Benson, Robert F ^a,c   Tang, Patrick W ^b   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033929305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2763-2765.2000     Document Type: Article

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