Specific, sensitive, and quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for human immunoglobulin G antibodies to anthrax toxin protective antigen.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on October 01, 2002

Authors

Conrad P Quinn1, Vera A Semenova, Cheryl M Elie, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Carolyn Greene, Han Li, Karen Stamey, Evelene Steward-Clark, Daniel S Schmidt, Elizabeth Mothershed, Janet Pruckler, Stephanie Schwartz, Robert F Benson, Leta O Helsel, Patricia F Holder, Scott E Johnson, Molly Kellum, Trudy Messmer, W Lanier Thacker, Lilah Besser, Brian D Plikaytis, Thomas H Taylor, Alison E Freeman, Kelly J Wallace, Peter Dull, Jim Sejvar, Erica Bruce, Rosa Moreno, Anne Schuchat, Jairam R Lingappa, Sandra K Martin, John Walls, Melinda Bronsdon, George M Carlone, Mary Bajani-Ari, David A Ashford, David S Stephens, Bradley A Perkins

Author Affiliations

1: Centers for Desease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. caq7@cdc.gov

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