Detection of herpes simplex virus type 2-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in African sera by using recombinant gG2, Western blotting, and gG2 inhibition

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3635-3640

  Hogrefe, Wayne ^a   Su, Xin ^a   Song, James ^a   Ashley, Rhoda ^a   Kong, Lilly ^a  

^a Focus Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; UGANDA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036790150     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3635-3640.2002     Document Type: Article

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