Development of a normal human immunoglobulin G standard curve for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: Use for comparison of antigen efficacy

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Scheel, Christina M ^a,b   Handali, Sukwan ^b   Bueno, Edneia C ^c   Khan, Azra ^b   Hancock, Kathy ^b   Gonzalez, Armando E ^d   Garcia, Hector H ^e,f   Gilman, Robert H ^g   Tsang, Victor C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen efficacy; Assay development; Diagnosis; ELISA; Immunoglobulin G; Standard curve

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DRUG STABILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645789336     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810600573028     Document Type: Article

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