Detection of type A, B, E, and F Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins in foods by using an amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with digoxigenin-labeled antibodies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1231-1238

  Sharma, Shashi K ^a   Ferreira, Joseph L ^b   Eblen, Brian S ^a   Whiting, Richard C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENZYME KINETICS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MEATS;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS (ELISA); NEUROTOXINS; NONTOXIGENIC ORGANISMS;

BIOASSAY;

ANTIBODY; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; BUFFER; CASEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; DIGOXIGENIN; DRINKING WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETECTION METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BROCCOLI; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; LD 50; LIQUID; MEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; OREGANO; POTATO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VANILLA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CROSS REACTIONS; DIGOXIGENIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROTOXINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A; COLA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33144489209     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1231-1238.2006     Document Type: Article

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