Antigenic properties and diagnostic potential of puumala virus nucleocapsid protein expressed in insect cells

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Vapalahti, Olli ^a   Lundkvist, Åke ^c   Kallio Kokko, Hannimari ^a   Paukku, Kirsi ^a   Julkunen, Ilkka ^b   Lankinen, Hilkka ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUNYAVIRIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HANTAVIRUS; INSECTA; NEPHROPATHIA; NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA; PUUMALA VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; VERO CELL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; CAPSID; CELL LINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0029655445     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.119-125.1996     Document Type: Article

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