Detection of antibodies to alphaviruses and discrimination between antibodies to eastern and western equine encephalitis viruses in rabbit sera using a recombinant antigen and virus-specific monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 265-269

  Passler S ^a,b   Pfeffer, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Institute of Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSES; RABBITS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEEV COMPLEX; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0041571797     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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