Detection of rubella virus-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies with a Baculovirus-exrpressed E1 protein

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-218

  Schmidt, Michel ^a,c   Lindqvist, Christer ^a   Salmi, Aimo ^b   Oker Blom, Christian ^a,c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 0029880408     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.2.216-218.1996     Document Type: Article

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