Evaluations of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure for determining specific Epstein-Barr virus serology and of rapid test kits for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3240-3241

  Gerber, Michael A ^a,d   Shapiro, Eugene D ^b   Ryan, Raymond W ^c   Bell, Gillian L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0029977929     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3240-3241.1996     Document Type: Article

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