An indirect immunofluorescence assay to detect antibodies against St. Louis Encephalitis virus

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 339-340

  Spinsanti, Lorena ^a,b   Re, Viviana ^a   Aguilar, Javier ^a   Contigiani, Marta ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Neutralization test; St. Louis Encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035522397     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000600008     Document Type: Article

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