Rapid detection of fungal α-amylase in the work environment with a lateral flow immunoassay

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1157-1163

  Bogdanovic, Jelena ^a   Koets, Marjo ^b   Sander, Ingrid ^c   Wouters, Inge ^a   Meijster, Tim ^a,d   Heederik, Dick ^a   van Amerongen, Aart ^b   Doekes, Gert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergen exposure; fungal amylase; lateral flow immunoassay; rapid detection of allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; FUNGAL ENZYME;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DOUGH; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DUST; FUNGI; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750498101     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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