R. Jayakumar et al., A COMPARISON BETWEEN AVIDIN-BIOTIN PEROXIDASE COMPLEX (ABC) AND UNLABELED ANTIBODY (PAP) PROCEDURES IN RABIES DIAGNOSIS, Indian Veterinary Journal, 71(9), 1994, pp. 866-869
The PAP and ABC/HRP methods were compared in the demonstration of rabi
es antigens in the brain tissue sections. A perfect correlation was fo
und. However the ABC/HRP method which involves an application of bioti
n labelled secondary antibody followed by the addition of ABC/HRP, giv
es a superior result when compared to the unlabelled antibody method (
PAP).