Evaluation of a novel point of care test for antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-229

  Dalashley, Rho ^a,b,c   Eagleton, Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Molecules to Market and Diagnology   (United Kingdom)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031870149     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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