Immunoglobulin A-specific serodiagnosis of acute human cytomegalovirus infection by using recombinant viral antigens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1020-1023

  Vornhagen, Rolf ^a   Hinderer, Walter ^a   Sonneborn, Hans H ^a   Bein, Gregor ^b   Matter, Lukas ^c   Hauw The, T ^d   Jahn, Gerhard ^e   Plachter, Bodo ^f  

^a BIOTEST AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029971467     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1020-1023.1996     Document Type: Article

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