Igg Avidity in the Diagnosis of Acute Ross River Virus Infection

Disease Markers

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-282

  Kapeleris, John ^a   Wyatt, David ^a   Batham, Marissa ^a   Devine, Peter ^a   Lowe, Peter ^b   Phillips, Debbie ^c  

^a PanBio Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avidity; Ross River Virus infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOSQUITO; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029923690     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/756940     Document Type: Article

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