Gavrilova, N.F., Sviridov, V.V., Yakovleva, I.V., Raspopova, E.N., Generalova, A.N., Lukin, Yu.V.

Development of monoclonal latex diagnostic kit for diphtheria toxin and toxoid detection

Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, Moscow; Shemyakin and Ovchi

ikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

Latex diagnostic kit with high specificity and sensitivity of diphtheria toxin and toxoid detection has been developed on the basis of protective monoclonal antibodies to diphtheria toxin and polyacrolein microspheres. Diagnostic kit was stable during 1 year of shelf-life (time of the study).
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2007, No. 4, P. 46—50