Pneumococcal Assay

The Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory at the University of Alabama Birmingham

• Serves as a WHO Pneumococcal Serology Reference Laboratory
• Developed SOP for the widely used WHO ELISA
• Invented multiplexed opsonophagocytosis assay
• Discovered new pneumococcal capsule types
• Measures opsonic capacity of antibodies to pneumococci
• Performs WHO ELISA for pneumococcal antibodies
• Performs pneumococcal capsule typing