The reproducibility of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific antibodies

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-174

  Ngeh, J ^a,b   Gupta, S ^a   Goodbourn, C ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; ELISA; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1342290258     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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