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Reference Values for the SERION classic ELISA for Detecting Legionella pneumophila Antibodies

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  1. IMA, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    H. C. Boshuizen

  2. Municipal Health Service Zuid-Kennemerland, , P.O. Box 1622, 2003 BR, Haarlem, The Netherlands

    J. W. Den Boer

  3. CIE, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    H. de Melker, J. A. van Vliet & M. A. E. Conyn-van Spaendonck

  4. LIS, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    J. F. P. Schellekens

  5. Regional Laboratory of Public Health, St. Elisabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 747, 5000 AS, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    M. F. Peeters

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Boshuizen, H.C., Den Boer, J.W., de Melker, H. et al. Reference Values for the SERION classic ELISA for Detecting Legionella pneumophila Antibodies. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 706–708 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-1033-0

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