Sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of bacterial superantigens and antibodies against them in human plasma

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 519-523

  Miwa, Keishi ^a   Fukuyama, Mayumi ^a   Sakai, Rumiko ^a   Shimizu, Shinji ^a   Ida, Nobuo ^a   Endo, Miyoko ^b   Igarashi, Hideo ^c  

^a TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Saitama Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033947284     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02527.x     Document Type: Article

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