Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay on the Immunoanalyzer Cobas® Core for the specific detection of IgG antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 753-756

  Enders, Gisela ^a,c,d   Bartelt, Uwe ^a   Risse, Bernhard ^b   Zauke, Michael ^b  

^a Medical Diagnostic Laboratory   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Medizinisch diagnostisches G   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV 2); HSV glycoprotein gG 2

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; CELL LYSATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030852416     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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