Detection of Lassa virus antinucleoprotein immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies by a simple recombinant immunoblot assay for field use

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3143-3148

  Ter Meulen, J ^a   Koulemou, K ^b   Wittekindt, T ^a   Windisch, K ^a   Strigl, S ^a   Conde, S ^b   Schmitz, H ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Hôpital Gueckedou   (Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUINEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LASSA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031697726     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3143-3148.1998     Document Type: Article

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