Evaluation of two human plasma pools as candidate international standard preparations for syphilitic antibodies

Biologicals

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-251

  Rigsby, Peter ^a   Ison, Catherine ^b   Brierley, Matthew ^a   Ballard, Ron ^c   Hagedorn, Hans Jochen ^d   Lewis, David A ^e   Notermans, Daan W ^f   Riis, Jørn ^g   Robertson, Peter ^h   Seppälä, Ilkka J T ⁱ   Rijpkema, Sjoerd ^a  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^d Labor Dr Krone and Partner   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; International standard preparations; Serodiagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PLASMA; PROTEIN STABILITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EQUUS ASINUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 67650732713     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: 10958320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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