Improved specificity of a multiplex immunoassay for quantitation of anti-diphtheria toxin antibodies with the use of diphtheria toxoid

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1183-1186

  Van Gageldonk, Pieter G M ^a   Von Hunolstein, Christina ^b   Van Der Klis, Fiona R M ^a   Berbers, Guy A M ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS PERTUSSIS MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXIN BINDING INHIBITION ASSAY; VERO CELL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; METHODS; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960124267     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05081-11     Document Type: Article

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