Assignment of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups A, C, W135, and Y Anticapsular Total Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgG1, and IgG2 Concentrations to Reference Sera

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Joseph, Helen ^a   Balmer, Paul ^a   Bybel, Mike ^b   Papa, Thomas ^b   Ryall, Robert ^b   Borrow, Ray ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MENINGOCOCCUS BIVALENT VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS CONJUGATE VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS TETRAVALENT VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS STANDARDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE SERUM; REFERENCE VALUE; SEROTYPING; SERUM; STANDARDIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0347758646     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.1.1-5.2004     Document Type: Article

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