An immunoassay employing 125 I-labeled enterotoxin B and polystyrene tubes coated with specific antibody was used for assaying purified and crude enterotoxin. Antibody was adsorbed to untreated polystyrene tubes. Unlabeled enterotoxin competed with 125 I-labeled enterotoxin for antibody-combining sites. The uptake of 125 I-labeled toxin reflected the concentration of unlabeled toxin present. The test is sensitive to 1 to 5 ng of purified and crude enterotoxin B per ml, and cross-reactions with heterologous enterotoxins did not interfere with the specificity. This test possesses the combination of sensitivity and objectivity absent in current methods for assaying enterotoxin and provides a model for investigating other enterotoxin serotypes.
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