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Life Sciences
Research reports from C. Ramirezpfeiffer and co-authors provide new insights into life sciences
November 5th, 2008
"The performance of the fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) using the recently described Brucella melitensis native hapten and the Brucella abortus O- polysaccharide tracer was evaluated and compared with those of The World Organization for Animal Health tests related to indirect and competitive enzyme- linked immunosorbent assays as classification variables for goat sera obtained from a high- prevalence area where vaccination was performed; test series were also evaluated to increase the final specificity of the tests," scientists in Nuevo Leon, Mexico report. "Our results showed that the respective relative sensitivity and specificity were 99.7% and 32.5% for the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-05)
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