Comparison of a new immunochromatographic rapid test with a commercial EIA for the detection of Puumala virus specific IgM antibodies

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 79-85

  Hujakka, Helena ^a   Koistinen, Vesa ^b,c   Eerikäinen, Pekka ^a   Kuronen, Ilpo ^d   Laatikainen, Aino ^a   Kauppinen, Juha ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^b,c   Vapalahti, Olli ^b,c   Närvänen, Ale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Erilab Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hantaviruses; Nephropathia epidemica; Puumala virus; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PUUMALA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0034815151     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(01)00191-3     Document Type: Article

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