Strongly enhanced sensitivity of a direct anti-HIV-1/-2 assay in seroconversion by incorporation of HIV p24 ag detection: A new generation vironostika HIV Uni-Form II

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 59-71

  Van Binsbergen, J ^a   Keur, W ^a   Siebelink, A ^a   Van De Graaf, M ^a   Jacobs, A ^a   De Rijk, D ^a   Nijholt, L ^a   Toonen, J ^a   Gurtler L G ^b  

^a Organon Teknika   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Combined HIV antibody and antigen detection; HIV; p24; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIRUS DETECTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 0032403703     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00126-8     Document Type: Article

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