High Prevalence of Human Anti-bovine IgG Antibodies as the Major Cause of False Positive Reactions in Two-Site Immunoassays Based on Monoclonal Antibodies

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-30

  Andersen, Ditte C ^a   Koch, Claus ^a   Jensen, Charlotte H ^a   Skjødt, Karsten ^a   Brandt, Jette ^a   Teisner, Børge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ELISA; HAAA; HAMA; Human anti bovine IgG antibodies (HABIA); Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PP14; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CATTLE; CROSS REACTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 1442324780     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IAS-120027223     Document Type: Article

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