Development of a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection and its use in a prospective surveillance study

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Park, Jong Y ^a   Peters, C J ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b   Ksiazek, Tom G ^b   Gray, Barry ^c   Waites, Ken B ^d   Stephensen, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

arenavirus; encephalitis; meningitis; serum antibody

Indexed keywords

ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MENINGITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOCAPSID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARENAVIRUS; CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031053922     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199702)51:2<107::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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