Densitometric analysis of Western blot assays for feline immunodeficiency virus antibodies

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 261-271

  Calandrella, M ^a   Matteucci, D ^a   Mazzetti, P ^a   Poli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody response; FIV; Quantitative analysis; Western blot assay

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0035972785     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(01)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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