Two new electrochemical immunosensors for the determination of antibodies such as anti-human immunoglobulin G (anti-HIgG) were fabricated and characterized. The two immunosensors investigated made use of two different types of electrochemical transducer: an amperometric electrode for H2O2 determination and a gaseous diffusion potentiometric electrode for NH3 determination. The development of these immunosensors involved the immobilization of human immunoglobulin G (HIgG) on a polymeric membrane located on the electrode head. Furthermore, two different enzymes were used as markers, thus allowing two different anti-HIgG conjugates with urease and glucose oxidase, respectively, to be obtained. Two different polymeric membranes on which the HIgG were immobilized, namely 'Pall-Biodyne' and 'Immobilon', were also employed. A method for re-utilizing the membrane of the immunosensor in which the conjugate was immobilized was also optimized. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.