A protein-conjugate approach to develop a monoclonal antibody-based antigen detection test for the diagnosis of human brucellosis.

Human brucellosis is most commonly diagnosed by serology based on agglutination of fixed Brucella abortus as antigen. Nucleic acid amplification techniques have not proven capable of reproducibly and sensitively demonstrating the presence of Brucella DNA in clinical specimens. We sought to optimize...

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Main Authors: Kailash P Patra, Mayuko Saito, Vidya L Atluri, Hortensia G Rolán, Briana Young, Tobias Kerrinnes, Henk Smits, Jessica N Ricaldi, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Robert H Gilman, Renee M Tsolis, Joseph M Vinetz
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4046965?pdf=render
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