Evaluation of 11 enzyme immunoassays for the detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Weber, Bernard ^a,b   Brunner, Michael ^a   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Labatoire Lieners et Hastert   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Early antigen (EA); Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Epstein Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA); Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA); Virus capsid antigen (VCA)

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0029863227     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01971-5     Document Type: Article

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