David H. Murdock Research Institute

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Immunology and Infection

Measuring Granulocyte and Monocyte Phagocytosis and Oxidative Burst Activity in Human Blood

Mary Pat Meaney¹, David C. Nieman¹, Dru A. Henson², Qi Jiang³, Fu-Zhang Wang³

¹Human Performance Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Appalachian State University, ²Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, ³David H. Murdock Research Institute

The purpose of this manuscript is to present a method for measuring monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity in human blood samples.