Serological specificities of murine hybridoma monoclonal antibodies against Neissena meningitidis serogroups B, C, Y, and W135 and evaluation of their usefulness as serogrouping reagents by indirect whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-156

  Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Zollinger, Wendell D ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYBRIDOMA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 12544254331     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.1.152-156.2005     Document Type: Article

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