Development of monoclonal antibodies against Ureaplasma urealyticum serotypes and their use for serotyping clinical isolates

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-567

  Echahidi, Fedoua ^a   Muyldermans, Gaëtan ^a   Lauwers, Sabine ^a   Naessens, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0033942356     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.4.563-567.2000     Document Type: Article

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