Heterophile antibodies to bovine and caprine proteins causing false- positive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 615-616

  Willman, Joseph H ^a   Martins, Thomas B ^a   Jaskowski, Troy D ^a   Hill, Harry R ^a   Litwin, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; NORLEUCINE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0032779758     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.615-616.1999     Document Type: Article

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