A rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test for detection of neutralizing antibodies to tick-borne encephalitis virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Vene, Sirkka ^a   Haglund, Mats ^a,b   Vapalahti, Olli ^c   Lundkvist, Åke ^a,d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Neutralization; TBE virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031666632     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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