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Whooping Cough
Studies from D. Xing and co-researchers in the area of whooping cough published
May 6th, 2009
"Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been widely used to evaluate antibody responses to pertussis vaccination and infection. A common reference serum is essential for the standardization of these assays," researchers in Potters Bar, the United Kingdom report. "However, no internationally recognized reference serum is available. At the request of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) of the World Health Organization (WHO), a set of four candidate international standards has been prepared. These candidate materials have been assessed for suitability and compared to the widely used U. S. reference pertussis antiserum (human) lot 3, lot 4, and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-06)
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