Optimisation of a peptide-based indirect ELISA for the detection of antibody in the serum of HIV-1 seropositive patients

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 79-88

  Brown, Louise ^a   Westby, Mike ^a   Souberbielle, Bernard E ^a   Szawlowski, Paul W S ^b   Kemp, Graham ^b   Hay, Phillip ^c   Dalgleish, Angus G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti HIV 1 antibody detection; ELISA; human serum; non specific binding; synthetic peptide; virology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031013907     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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