Longitudinal reliability of focus glycoprotein G-based type-specific enzyme immunoassays for detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 671-674

  Cherpes, Thomas L ^a,b   Ashley, Rhoda L ^d   Meyn, Leslie A ^b   Hillier, Sharon L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEROCONVERSION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0037311985     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.671-674.2003     Document Type: Article

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