Ultrafiltration improves ELISA and Endopep MS analysis of botulinum neurotoxin type A in drinking water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Raphael, Brian H ^a   Lautenschlager, Matthew ^a   Kahler, Amy ^a   Pai, Suresh ^a   Parks, Bryan A ^a   Kalb, Suzanne R ^a   Maslanka, Susan E ^a   Shah, Sanjiv ^b   Magnuson, Matthew ^b   Hill, Vincent R ^a  

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

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulism; Detection; ELISA; Mass spectrometry; Toxin; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BOTULISM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CALIBRATION; DRINKING WATER; ENZYME ASSAYS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84864080137     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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