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. 1981 Mar;13(3):449–455. doi: 10.1128/jcm.13.3.449-455.1981

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay compared with immunoprecipitation for serotyping Neisseria meningitidis and its use in demonstrating serotype polymorphism.

E B Mackie, L A White, K N Brown, L E Bryan
PMCID: PMC273812  PMID: 6787066

Abstract

Rabbit antisera generated against 11 prototype strains of group B Neisseria meningitidis were tritiated by using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the Ouchterlony immunoprecipitation technique. The relative insensitivity of the immunoprecipitation technique in detecting antibody compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was demonstrated. Cross-reactions within the group and among the 11 serotypes were characterized with respect to established serological techniques. Serotype polymorphism among the strains of N. meningitidis was demonstrated with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

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