Detection of hepatitis A antibodies by ELISA using saliva as clinical samples

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Oba, Isabel Takano ^b   Spina, Angela Maria Miranda ^c   Saraceni, Cláudia Patara ^c   Lemos, Marcílio Figueiredo ^c   Senhoras, Rita De Cássia Ferreira Andrade ^a   Moreira, Regina Célia ^c   Granato, Celso Francisco Hernandes ^c  

^a Health Center   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antibodies; Hepatitis A; Saliva; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034218743     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000400004     Document Type: Article

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