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Value of the Overall Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Response in the Diagnosis of Primary Humoral Immunodeficiencies.

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Abstract
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An overall response assay [OVA, based on a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23)] is widely used to screen for anti-pneumococcal antibodies. Given the heterogeneity of response from one polysaccharide (PS) to another, a World Health Organization-standardized serotype-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (SSA) is considered to be the only reliable method for testing anti-PS antibody responses in individuals with suspected primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs).

Year of Publication
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0
Journal
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Frontiers in immunology
Volume
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8
Number of Pages
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1862
Date Published
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2017
DOI
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10.3389/fimmu.2017.01862
Short Title
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Front Immunol
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