An immunochromatographic test for the diagnosis of ricin inhalational poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Guglielmo Viret, Valérie ^a   Splettstoesser, Wolf ^b   Thullier, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunochromatography; Lateral flow assay; Respiratory; Ricin

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; RICIN; RICIN A; RICIN ANTIBODY;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CALCULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICE; RICIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34248513046     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701354226     Document Type: Article

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