Enumeration and detection of aerosolized Aspergillus fumigatus and Penicillium chrysogenum conidia and hyphae using a novel double immunostaining technique

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Green, Brett James ^a,c   Schmechel, Detlef ^c   Sercombe, Jason Kingsley ^b   Tovey, Euan Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Conidia; Fungi; Germination; Immunoassay; Mold

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HALOGEN IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPHAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 29144464845     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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