Comparison of a monoclonal antibody-blocking enzyme-linked immunoassay and a strip immunoblot assay for identifying type-specific herpes simplex virus type 2 serological responses

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 641-644

  Van Doornum, G J J ^a,e   Slomka, M J ^b,d   Buimer, M ^a   Groen, J ^c   Van Den Hoek, J A R ^a   Cairo, I ^a   Vyse, A ^b   Brown, D W G ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^e SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033941731     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.4.641-644.2000     Document Type: Article

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