Modification of the TUBEX typhoid test to detect antibodies directly from haemolytic serum and whole blood

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1349-1353

  Tam, Frankie C H ^a   Leung, Danny T M ^a   Ma, C H ^a   Lim, Pak Leong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERUM; TUBEX TEST; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 55549114688     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002683-0     Document Type: Article

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