Production of latex agglutination reagents for pneumococcal serotyping

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ortika, Belinda D ^a   Habib, Maha ^a   Dunne, Eileen M ^a   Porter, Barbara D ^a   Satzke, Catherine ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Latex agglutination; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGGLUTINATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873251718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-49     Document Type: Article

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