Performance characteristics of an in-house assay system used to detect West Nile virus (WNV)-specific immunoglobulin M during the 2001 WNV season in the United States

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-179

  Prince, Harry E ^a   Hogrefe, Wayne R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0037250536     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.1.177-179.2003     Document Type: Article

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