Ammonium improves elution of fixed dried blood spots without affecting immunofluorescence assay quality

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-416

  Borremans, Benny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Filter paper; Heat fixed; Immuno fluorescence assays; Serology; Whatman

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; ANTIBODY; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; HEATING; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; SERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ELUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS;

EID: 84897422600     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12259     Document Type: Article

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