The development and evaluation of a mu-capture ELISA detecting Chlamydia-specific IgM.

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Published in Epidemiol Infect on October 01, 1988

Authors

T G Wreghitt1, V J Robinson, E O Caul, I D Paul, S Gatley

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

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