Evaluation of the INNO-LIA HTLV I/II assay for confirmation of human T- cell leukemia virus-reactive sera in blood bank donations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1324-1328

  Sabino, Ester C ^a   Zrein, Maan ^b   Taborda, Carlos P ^a   Otani, Marcia M ^a   Ribeiro Dos Santos, Gabriela ^a   Sáez Alquézar, Amadeo ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION;

HTLV; HTLV I; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032894282     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1324-1328.1999     Document Type: Article

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