Tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) immunoassay as an in vitro alternative assay for identity and confirmation of potency

Human Vaccines

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Ho, Mei M ^a   Kairo, Satnam K ^a   Corbel, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dot blot immunoassay; Identity; Potency; Tuberculin PPD

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FOWL; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646359978     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.2.1.2523     Document Type: Article

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