Erschienen in:
01.11.2003 | Brief Report
Reference Values for the SERION classic ELISA for Detecting Legionella pneumophila Antibodies
verfasst von:
H. C. Boshuizen, J. W. Den Boer, H. de Melker, J. F. P. Schellekens, M. F. Peeters, J. A. van Vliet, M. A. E. Conyn-van Spaendonck
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 11/2003
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Excerpt
The first serological test to identify antibodies against
Legionella pneumophila was the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) developed in 1977 at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., USA [
1]. Several other tests have since been developed, among them rapid microagglutination tests (RMAT) [
2] and numerous (mostly experimental) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). …