High throughput measurement of antibody and complement mediated immunity to meningococcal disease
The accepted correlate of protection for meningococcal disease is serum bactericidal activity. The importance of bactericidal activity was established by Goldschneider et al. (1969) who demonstrated an inverse relationship between disease incidence and bactericidal titres of >1 :4. The importance...
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Open University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578658 |