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John Brock-Utne

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  • An ELISA procedure for detecting human anti-endotoxin antibodies in serum.

    Gaffin SL, Badsha N, Brock-Utne JG, Vorster BJ, Conradie JD. Ann Clin Biochem. 1982; 19 (3): 191-4

    We report an ELISA method suitable for the large-scale screening of blood bank stores to identify those blood units containing high concentrations of antiendotoxin antibodies. In Natal, 8.3% of total units collected had antiendotoxin antibodies at concentrations greater than 40 micrograms/ml, values that may be therapeutically useful. We found that one technician could screen enough samples per year to produce 800 litres of such high-titre plasma.

    PubMedID: 7092147

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