Joseph A. Mangiafico

Swine Influenza Virus Vaccine: Potentiation in Rhesus Monkeys of Antibody Responses by a Nuclease Resistant Derivative of Poly I.Poly C. (2002)

Stephen,Edward L., Hilmas,Duane E., Mangiafico,Joseph A., Levy,Hilton B.

Polyriboinosinic.polyribocytidylic acid stabilized with poly-i-lysine and carboxymethylcellulose (poly ICLC) enhances the antibody response in rhesus monkeys immunized with swine influenza virus...

A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Legionella Pneumophila Antigen from Human Urine. (2002)

Mangiafico,Joseph A., Hedlund,Kenneth W., Knott,Allen R.

A reversed passive information test was developed to assay concentrations of soluble antigen of Legionnaires' Disease (Legionella pneumophila) in human urine samples. The test is highly sensitive,...

Detection of Dengue Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Bats from Costa Rica and Ecuador (2000)

Kenneth B. Platt, Joseph A. Mangiafico, Oscar J. Rocha, Maria E. Zaldivar, Jose Mora, Gabriel Trueba, ...

Neutralizing antibodies for dengue virus serotypes 1 and 2 and serotypes 2 and 3 were detected in 1998 in 12 of 53 (22.6%) and 3 of 10 (30.0%) bats sampled in Costa Rica and Ecuador, respectively....

Microagglutination Test for Detecting and Measuring Serum Agglutinins of Francisella tularensis

Massey, Eugene D., Mangiafico, Joseph A.

A microagglutination method utilizing stained antigen for detecting and measuring serum agglutinins against Francisella tularensis is described. The microagglutination and standard tube agglutination...

Comparison of the Reliability and Sensitivity of Three Serological Procedures in Detecting Antibody to Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis)

Marshall, John D., Mangiafico, Joseph A., Cavanaugh, Dan C.

Three serological procedures, the agar-gel precipitin inhibition, the complement fixation, and the indirect hemagglutination tests, were used to detect and measure antibody to Yersinia pestis in the...

Microagglutination Test for Detecting and Measuring Serum Agglutinins of Francisella tularensis

Massey, Eugene D., Mangiafico, Joseph A.

A microagglutination method utilizing stained antigen for detecting and measuring serum agglutinins against Francisella tularensis is described. The microagglutination and standard tube agglutination...

Comparison of the Reliability and Sensitivity of Three Serological Procedures in Detecting Antibody to Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis)

Marshall, John D., Mangiafico, Joseph A., Cavanaugh, Dan C.

Three serological procedures, the agar-gel precipitin inhibition, the complement fixation, and the indirect hemagglutination tests, were used to detect and measure antibody to Yersinia pestis in the...