Plasma as alternatively sample to quantify tetanus antitoxin

Tetanus antitoxin is quantified in Cuba at blood banks, from the serum of immunized donors, to produce aspecific human gamma globulin. A heterogeneous indirect immunoenzymatic assay is used, using the serum as analytical sample. The possible use of plasma obtained from plasmapheresis as alternative...

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Main Authors: Ariel Menéndez-Barrios, Pedro Sánchez-Frenes, María de Jesús Sánchez-Bouza, Andrés Alemañi-Co, Sandra Gómez-Fonseca, Rodney Kidman Nieves-Armas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finlay Ediciones 2015-08-01
Series:VacciMonitor
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Online Access:http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1025-028X2015000100007&lng=es&nrm=iso