An in Vitro Qualitative Assay for the Detection of Antibodies to HIV Type 1/2 Contained in Human Saliva

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Chakrabarti, Tapasri ^a   Mukherjee, K K ^a   Neogi, D K ^a   Bhattacharyya, N ^a   Pal, S ^a   De, P N ^a   Chakraborty, M S ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030158254     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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