Detection of Maedi-Visna virus antibodies using a single fusion transmembrane-core p25 recombinant protein ELISA and a modified receiver-operating characteristic analysis to determine cut-off values

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Boshoff, C H ^a   Dungu, B ^a   Williams, R ^a   Vorster, J ^a   Conradie, J D ^b   Verwoerd, D W ^a   York, D F ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Natal Institute of Immunology   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ELISA; Maedi Visna virus diagnosis; two graph receiver operating characteristic

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SHEEP; VISNA; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

MAEDI-VISNA VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 0031058829     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02114-3     Document Type: Article

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