ELISA for the detection of antibodies to Ebola viruses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a,b,c   West, Cynthia P ^a,b   Rollin, Pierre E ^a,b,c   Jahrling, Peter B ^a,b   Peters, C J ^a,b,c  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Microbiological Associates Inc   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EBOLA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFECTION RISK; MONKEY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0033037009     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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