A Monoclonal Antibody Based Capture ELISA for Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype B: Toxin Detection in Food

Botulism is a serious foodborne neuroparalytic disease, caused by botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Seven toxin serotypes (A–H) have been described. The majority of human cases of botulism are caused by serotypes A and B followed by E and F. We r...

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Main Authors: Larry H. Stanker, Miles C. Scotcher, Luisa Cheng, Kathryn Ching, Jeffery McGarvey, David Hodge, Robert Hnasko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/5/11/2212