I am testing a great number of recently arrived refugees/ immigrants for polio seroprotection: what is the best method and what the levels of seroprotection?

Ioanna OR Joanna D. Pavlopoulou @Ioanna_OR_Joanna_Pavlopoulou

10 October 2012 1 9K Report

Immunity

ELISA is the best method for screen. The level of seroprotection is individual, dependent of each infection (virus, bacterium).

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