Intra and inter-laboratory reproducibility of a monoclonal antibody cocktail based ELISA for detection of allergen specific IgE in dogs: Proficiency monitoring of macELISA in six laboratories

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 267-275

  Lee, Kenneth W ^a   Blankenship, Karen D ^a   McCurry, Zachary M ^a   McKinney, Brennan ^a   Ruffner, Rick ^a   Esch, Robert E ^a   Tambone, Cecilia ^b   Faas, Rebecca ^c   Hermes, Darren ^d   Brazis, Pilar ^e   Drouet, Laurent ^f  

^a Greer Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b AGROLABO SpA   (Italy)

^c Artu Biologicals   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Clinical Pathology   (United Kingdom)

^e Univet Diagnostic Services   (Spain)

^f Biovac ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE; Atopy; Dog; ELISA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VARIANCE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84864991057     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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