Open AccessVircell Assays for Detection of Antibodies against Legionella pneumophila
Author(s) -
Almudena Rojas,
José Rojas,
Joaquín Mendoza
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and vaccine immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.649
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1556-6811
pISSN - 1556-679X
DOI - 10.1128/cvi.00128-06
Subject(s) - legionella pneumophila , serology , legionella , antibody , legionnaires' disease , microbiology and biotechnology , immunoglobulin g , immunoglobulin m , immunology , virology , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
We read with interest the study by Diederen et al. ([1][1]), in which the serological assays from Vircell were evaluated. We found that this work underlines the importance of immunoglobulin M (IgM) detection in the diagnosis of legionellosis previously described by our group ([3][2]). Yet, we would
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