Quantitative detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen by the Enzymun-Test: Comparison with alternative assays and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification of HIV type 1 RNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1440-1447

  Weber, Bernard ^a,c   Melchior, Walter ^b   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a   Hess, Georg ^b   Wahl, Michaele ^a   Braner, Jens ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029982604     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1440-1447.1996     Document Type: Article

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