Using time-resolved fluorescence to measure serum venom-specific IgE and IgG

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  van Eeden, Pauline E ^a   Wiese, Michael D ^b,c   Aulfrey, Susan ^a   Hales, Belinda J ^d   Stone, Shelley F ^a   Brown, Simon G A ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ANT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISSOCIATION ENHANCED LANTHANIDE FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTRATION; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JACK JUMPER ANT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; EVALUATION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

SIGE;

ALLERGENS; ANT VENOMS; AUSTRALIA; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551621648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016741     Document Type: Article

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