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1
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Standardization and a multilaboratory comparison of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and C serum bactericidal assays. The Multilaboratory Study Group.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
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1997
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4.65
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2
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Standardization of an opsonophagocytic assay for the measurement of functional antibody activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae using differentiated HL-60 cells.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
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1997
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4.28
|
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3
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Immunogenicity of 2 serogroup B outer-membrane protein meningococcal vaccines: a randomized controlled trial in Chile.
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JAMA
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1999
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3.69
|
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4
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Reduction in functional antibody activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae in vaccinated elderly individuals highly correlates with decreased IgG antibody avidity.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
1999
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3.15
|
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5
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Evaluation of a medium (STGG) for transport and optimal recovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nasopharyngeal secretions collected during field studies.
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J Clin Microbiol
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2001
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2.92
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6
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Intranasal immunization of mice with a mixture of the pneumococcal proteins PsaA and PspA is highly protective against nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Infect Immun
|
2000
|
2.84
|
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7
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Rapid microprocedure for isolating detergent-insoluble outer membrane proteins from Haemophilus species.
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J Clin Microbiol
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1986
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2.80
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8
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Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada).
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2001
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2.71
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9
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Multicenter comparison of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C anti-capsular polysaccharide antibody levels measured by a standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
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J Clin Microbiol
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1994
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2.63
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10
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Comparisons of standard curve-fitting methods to quantitate Neisseria meningitidis group A polysaccharide antibody levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
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J Clin Microbiol
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1991
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2.42
|
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11
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Determination of parallelism and nonparallelism in bioassay dilution curves.
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J Clin Microbiol
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1994
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2.40
|
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12
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Immunogenicity of two efficacious outer membrane protein-based serogroup B meningococcal vaccines among young adults in Iceland.
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J Infect Dis
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1998
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2.11
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13
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Natural development of antibodies to pneumococcal surface protein A, pneumococcal surface adhesin A, and pneumolysin in relation to pneumococcal carriage and acute otitis media.
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J Infect Dis
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2000
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2.11
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14
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Assignment of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and C class-specific anticapsular antibody concentrations to the new standard reference serum CDC1992.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
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1995
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2.00
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15
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Competition among Streptococcus pneumoniae for intranasal colonization in a mouse model.
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Vaccine
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2000
|
2.00
|
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16
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An analytical model applied to a multicenter pneumococcal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay study.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2000
|
1.97
|
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17
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Robust estimation of standard curves for protein molecular weight and linear-duplex DNA base-pair number after gel electrophoresis.
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Anal Biochem
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1986
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1.88
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18
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Induction of immunologic memory in Gambian children by vaccination in infancy with a group A plus group C meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine.
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J Infect Dis
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1997
|
1.86
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19
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A flow cytometric opsonophagocytic assay for measurement of functional antibodies elicited after vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
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1999
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1.81
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20
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Confirmation of psaA in all 90 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR and potential of this assay for identification and diagnosis.
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J Clin Microbiol
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2000
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1.80
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21
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Interlaboratory study evaluating quantitation of antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
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1996
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1.71
|
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22
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Neisseria meningitidis group B correlates of protection and assay standardization--international meeting report Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 16-17 March 2005.
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Vaccine
|
2006
|
1.67
|
|
23
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Characterization of pneumococcal specific antibodies in healthy unvaccinated adults.
|
Vaccine
|
1998
|
1.66
|
|
24
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A trial of a group A plus group C meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in African infants.
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J Infect Dis
|
1995
|
1.61
|
|
25
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Sequence analysis of the 17-kilodalton-antigen gene from Rickettsia rickettsii.
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J Bacteriol
|
1987
|
1.61
|
|
26
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Correlation of opsonophagocytosis and passive protection assays using human anticapsular antibodies in an infant mouse model of bacteremia for Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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J Infect Dis
|
1999
|
1.58
|
|
27
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Methods for distinguishing gram-positive from gram-negative bacteria.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1982
|
1.57
|
|
28
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Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 35152 and NCTC 7973 contain a nonhemolytic, nonvirulent variant.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1987
|
1.56
|
|
29
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Duration of antibody response after meningococcal polysaccharide vaccination in US Air Force personnel.
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J Infect Dis
|
1994
|
1.56
|
|
30
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Purified 60-kilodalton Legionella protein antigen with Legionella-specific and nonspecific epitopes.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1987
|
1.54
|
|
31
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Randomized trial of the quantitative and functional antibody responses to a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and/or 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine among HIV-infected adults.
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Vaccine
|
2001
|
1.52
|
|
32
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Distribution of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B serosubtypes and serotypes circulating in the United States. The Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2000
|
1.48
|
|
33
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Nonhemolytic Listeria monocytogenes mutants that are also noninvasive for mammalian cells in culture: evidence for coordinate regulation of virulence.
|
Infect Immun
|
1990
|
1.43
|
|
34
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A modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measurement of antibody responses to meningococcal C polysaccharide that correlate with bactericidal responses.
|
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
1998
|
1.42
|
|
35
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Comparison of outer membrane protein and biochemical profiles of Haemophilus aegyptius and Haemophilus influenzae biotype III.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1985
|
1.38
|
|
36
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Numerical analysis of normalized whole-cell protein profiles after sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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J Gen Microbiol
|
1986
|
1.37
|
|
37
|
Safety and immunogenicity of meningococcal A and C polysaccharide conjugate vaccine in adults.
|
Infect Immun
|
1994
|
1.35
|
|
38
|
Nucleotide sequence of htpB, the Legionella pneumophila gene encoding the 58-kilodalton (kDa) common antigen, formerly designated the 60-kDa common antigen.
|
Infect Immun
|
1990
|
1.33
|
|
39
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Two-site immunoenzymometric assays for serum IgG subclass infant/maternal ratios at full-term.
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J Immunol Methods
|
1988
|
1.29
|
|
40
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Safety and immunogenicity of a serogroups A/C Neisseria meningitidis oligosaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in young children. A randomized controlled trial.
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JAMA
|
1996
|
1.28
|
|
41
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Pneumococcal vaccines: history, current status, and future directions.
|
Am J Med
|
1999
|
1.25
|
|
42
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International Bordetella pertussis assay standardization and harmonization meeting report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 19-20 July 2007.
|
Vaccine
|
2008
|
1.25
|
|
43
|
Age-dependent Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C class-specific antibody concentrations and bactericidal titers in sera from young children from Montana immunized with a licensed polysaccharide vaccine.
|
Infect Immun
|
1998
|
1.25
|
|
44
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Biochemical, genetic, and epidemiologic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (Haemophilus aegyptius) strains associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1988
|
1.22
|
|
45
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Functional antibody activity elicited by fractional doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (polyribosylribitol phosphate-tetanus toxoid conjugate).
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
2001
|
1.20
|
|
46
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Detection of menaquinone-6 and a novel methyl-substituted menaquinone-6 in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus.
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J Gen Microbiol
|
1983
|
1.19
|
|
47
|
Limited diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae psaA among pneumococcal vaccine serotypes.
|
Infect Immun
|
1997
|
1.18
|
|
48
|
Immunoreactivity of five monoclonal antibodies against the 37-kilodalton common cell wall protein (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
1998
|
1.16
|
|
49
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Decline in meningococcal antibody levels in African children 5 years after vaccination and the lack of an effect of booster immunization.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1993
|
1.14
|
|
50
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Immune responses of splenectomized trauma patients to the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine at 1 versus 7 versus 14 days after splenectomy.
|
J Trauma
|
1998
|
1.12
|
|
51
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Establishment of a new human pneumococcal standard reference serum, 007sp.
|
Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2011
|
1.11
|
|
52
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Immunologic characterization and specificity of three monoclonal antibodies against the 58-kilodalton protein of Legionella pneumophila.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1991
|
1.10
|
|
53
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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B outer membrane vesicle vaccine in adults with occupational risk for meningococcal disease.
|
Vaccine
|
1999
|
1.07
|
|
54
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An infant rat model of bacteremia with Brazilian purpuric fever isolates of Hemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius. Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group.
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J Infect Dis
|
1989
|
1.06
|
|
55
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Aerobic and anaerobic respiratory systems in Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni grown in atmospheres containing hydrogen.
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J Bacteriol
|
1982
|
1.06
|
|
56
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Immune serum to protein molecular weight standards for calibrating Western blots.
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Anal Biochem
|
1986
|
1.02
|
|
57
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Comparison of two commercial microimmunofluorescence kits and an enzyme immunoassay kit for detection of serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae.
|
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
2001
|
1.00
|
|
58
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Evaluation of monoclonal antibodies with specificity for human IgA, IgA subclasses and allotypes and secretory component. Results of an IUIS/WHO collaborative study.
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J Immunol Methods
|
1996
|
0.96
|
|
59
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Molecular epidemiology of sporadic (endemic) serogroup C meningococcal disease.
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J Infect Dis
|
1997
|
0.95
|
|
60
|
Comparison of a pneumococcal common protein (PsaA) antibody ELISA and a PsaA immune complex ELISA for detection of pneumococcal serum antibody.
|
Pathobiology
|
1998
|
0.95
|
|
61
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Purification and characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae palmitoylated pneumococcal surface adhesin A expressed in Escherichia coli.
|
Vaccine
|
2000
|
0.94
|
|
62
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Outbreak of pneumonia in a long-term care facility: antecedent human parainfluenza virus 1 infection may predispose to bacterial pneumonia.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
1998
|
0.94
|
|
63
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Purification, partial characterization, and seroreactivity of a genuswide 60-kilodalton Legionella protein antigen.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
1988
|
0.94
|
|
64
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Analysis of immunoreactivity to a Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-like protein To confirm an outbreak of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, and sequences of M-like proteins from isolates obtained from different host species.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2000
|
0.91
|
|
65
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Selection of an immunogenic peptide mimic of the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A using a peptide display library.
|
Vaccine
|
2000
|
0.90
|
|
66
|
Serogroup B and C serum bactericidal assays.
|
Methods Mol Med
|
2001
|
0.87
|
|
67
|
DNA sequence heterogeneity in the gene encoding a 60-kilodalton extracellular protein of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species.
|
Can J Microbiol
|
1992
|
0.87
|
|
68
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Comparison of an opsonophagocytic assay and IgG ELISA to assess responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children and young adults with sickle cell disease.
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J Infect Dis
|
2000
|
0.87
|
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69
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Immunoglobulin G subclass values in healthy black and white children.
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J Pediatr
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1991
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0.86
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70
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Elderly immune response to a TI-2 antigen: heavy and light chain use and bactericidal activity to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C polysaccharide.
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J Infect Dis
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1999
|
0.85
|
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71
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A murine model for the study of immune memory in response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccination.
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Vaccine
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2004
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0.84
|
|
72
|
Characterization of P1-deficient isogenic mutant of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.
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Microb Pathog
|
2000
|
0.83
|
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73
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Genetic and immunologic characterization of a novel serotype 4, 15 strain of Neisseria meningitidis.
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FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2000
|
0.83
|
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74
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Antibody response after immunization of Brazilian children with serogroup C meningococcal polysaccharide noncovalently complexed with outer membrane proteins.
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Braz J Med Biol Res
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1995
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0.83
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75
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Selection of an immunogenic and protective epitope of the PsaA protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae using a phage display library.
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Hybridoma
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2000
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0.82
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76
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A filamentous-like mutant of Listeria monocytogenes with reduced expression of a 60-kilodalton extracellular protein invades and grows in 3T6 and Caco-2 cells.
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Can J Microbiol
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1992
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0.82
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77
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Stable, conserved outer membrane epitope of strains of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.
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Infect Immun
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1992
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0.82
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78
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Human immune response to a peptide mimic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in hu-PBMC-SCID mice.
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Hybridoma
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1999
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0.80
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79
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An infant rat model of bacteremia with Brazilian purpuric fever isolates of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (Haemophilus aegyptius). The Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group.
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Pediatr Infect Dis J
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1989
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0.79
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80
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A rapid enzymatic procedure for "fingerprinting" bacteria by using pattern recognition of two-dimensional fluorescence data.
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Clin Chem
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1986
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0.77
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81
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Separation of Haemophilus influenzae type b subtypes by numerical analysis.
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J Clin Microbiol
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1987
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0.77
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82
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Enhanced immunogenicity of a sequential Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine schedule in Alaska native infants.
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Pediatr Infect Dis J
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1999
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0.75
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83
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Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
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1994
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0.75
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84
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Characteristics of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1-induced lectin-like activity and inhibitor(s) in rabbit serum.
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Rev Infect Dis
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1989
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0.75
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85
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Evaluation of synthetic, M type-specific peptides as antigens in a multivalent group A streptococcal vaccine.
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Vaccine
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2003
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0.75
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86
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Primary human immune response to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in interleukin-12-treated severe combined immunodeficient mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
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J Infect Dis
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1997
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0.75
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87
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Baculovirus expression, purification and evaluation of recombinant pneumococcal surface adhesin A of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Pathobiology
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1999
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0.75
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88
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Comparison of Flavobacterium and Sphingobacterium species by enzyme profiles, with use of pattern recognition of two-dimensional fluorescence data.
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Clin Chem
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1987
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0.75
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