Limitations of Pneumovax® as a detection antigen in the measurement of serotype-specific antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 398-403

  Huo, Z M ^a   Miles, J ^a   Riches, P G ^a   Harris, T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035987511     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456302760042164     Document Type: Article

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