Antigenic properties and diagnostic potential of recombinant dobrava virus nucleocapsid protein

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 266-274

  Kallio Kokko, Hannimari ^d   Lundkvist, Åke ^a,b   Plyusnin, Alexander ^e   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^c   Vaheri, Antti ^e   Vapalahti, Olli ^e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Department of Parasitology   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dobrava hantavirus; EIA; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Nucleocapsid protein; Recombinant antigen; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

DOBRAVA VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; INSECTA; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0034098016     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200006)61:2<266::AID-JMV14>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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