Production of latex agglutination reagents for pneumococcal serotyping

Production of latex agglutination reagents for pneumococcal serotyping

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The current ‘gold standard’ for serotyping pneumococci is the Quellung test. This technique is laborious and requires a certain level of training to correctly perform. Commercial pneumococcal latex agglutination serotyping reagents a...

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Main Authors: Ortika Belinda D, Habib Maha, Dunne Eileen M, Porter Barbara D, Satzke Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-02-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Latex agglutination
Serotyping
<it>Streptococcus pneumoniae</it>
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/6/49

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