A New Enzyme Immunoassay to Detect Antibodies to Arboviruses in the Blood of Wild Birds

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-135

  Chiles, R E ^a,b   Reisen, W K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Arboviruses; Birds; Enzyme immuno assay; SLE; WEE

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MASS SCREENING; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032238046     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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