Assignment of immunoglobulin G1 and G2 concentrations to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides 3, 6B, 14, 19F, and 23F in pneumococcal reference serum 89-SF.

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Published in Clin Diagn Lab Immunol on July 01, 1998

Authors

A Soininen1, I Seppälä, T Wuorimaa, H Käyhty

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Vaccines, National Public Health Institute (KTL), Helsinki, Finland. anu.soininen@ktl.fi

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