An evaluation of nine commercial EIA kits for the detection of measles specific IgG

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-59

  Hesketh, L ^a   Charlett, A ^b   Farrington, P ^b   Miller, E ^b   Forsey, T ^c   Morgan Capner, P ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; IgG; Measless

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0030789069     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)02210-6     Document Type: Article

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