Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Kit for the Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxins A, B, E, and F in Selected Food Matrices

Health Security

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-44

  Singh, Ajay ^a   Datta, Shomik ^a,b   Sachdeva, Amita ^a,c   Maslanka, Susan ^d   Dykes, Janet ^d   Skinner, Guy ^a   Burr, Donald ^a   Whiting, Richard C ^e   Sharma, Shashi K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Vorsight LLC   (United States)

^c Emergent Biosolutions   (United States)

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

^e EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F;

ANIMAL; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84954420297     PISSN: 23265094     EISSN: 23265108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2014.0075     Document Type: Article

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