Competitive ELISA for detection of HHV-6 antibody: Seroprevalence in a Danish population

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-230

  Nielsen, Lene ^a   Vestergaard, Bent Faber ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ELISA; HHV 6; IFA; Seroprevalence in Denmark

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029978429     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01964-2     Document Type: Article

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