Laboratory diagnosis of influenza - Virology or serology?

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Allwinn, R ^a   Preiser, W ^a   Rabenau, H ^a   Buxbaum, S ^a   Sturmer M ^a   Doerr, H W ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Influenza viruses; Laboratory diagnosis; Serology; Virus detection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; AUTOMATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036458069     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0137-y     Document Type: Review

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