Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases,Fort Detrick,
Frederick, Maryland
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Immunoassays
Agent Gold Standard Antigen Capture IgG IgM PCR Animals
Aflatoxins Mass spectroscopy
Alpha Toxin ELISA X
Alphaviruses Virus isolation/neutralization X X X X X
Arboviruses Virus isolation/IFA X X X X X
Bacillus anthracis IFA/Std. Microbiology X (PA) X X X X
Bacillus globigii Std. Microbiology X
Bacillus thuringiensis Std. Microbiology
Bot Toxin Mouse neutralization X (A Toxin) * X
Brucella sp. IFA/Std. Microbiology X X X X X
C. burnetii IFA/Std. Microbiology/serology X X
C. perfringens
Clostridium sp. Std. Microbiology
F. tularensis IFA/Std. Microbiology X X X
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*Toxin gene detected
ELISA - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
IFA - indirect or direct immunofluorescence assays
Std. Micro./serology - standard microbiological techniques available, including electron microscopy
Immunoassays
Agent Gold Standard Antigen Capture IgG IgM PCR Animals
Filoviruses Virus isolation/neutralization X X X X X
Hantaviruses Virus isolation/IFA X X X X X
Orthopox Viruses Virus isolation/IFA X X X
Ricin Toxin ELISA X X X
Saxitoxin Bioassay (neutralizing antibodies) X
SEA Toxin *
SEB Toxin ELISA X * X
Shigella sp. Std. Microbiology
Tetrodotoxins Bioassay (neutralizing antibodies) X
Vibrio cholerae Std. Microbiology/serology X X X X
Yersinia pestis IFA/Std. Microbiology X (F1) X X X X
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*Toxin gene detected
ELISA - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
IFA - indirect or direct immunofluorescence assays
Std. Micro./serology - standard microbiological techniques available, including electron microscopy
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