Isoelectricfocusing and reverse blotting as a diagnostic tool in pediatric HIV infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Del Bono, Valerio ^a   Biselli, Roberto ^b   Nisini, Roberto ^b   Loomis Price, Lawrence D ^c   Loy, Anna ^a   Lorusso, Carolina ^a   Bassetti, Dante ^a   D'Amelio, Raffaele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DASRS   (Italy)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d 'Magna Graecia'   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV antibodies; HIV serodiagnosis; Isoelectricfocusing; Perinatal infection

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032433798     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(98)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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