Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody against Rift Valley fever virus in domestic and wild ruminant sera

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-64

  Paweska, J T ^a,b   Smith, S J ^a,b   Wright, I M ^a,b   Williams, R ^a,b   Cohen, A S ^a,c   Van Dijk, A A ^a,d   Grobbelaar, A A ^b   Croft, J E ^b   Swanepoel, R ^b   Gerdes, G H ^a,b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c Roche Diagnostics   (South Africa)

^d Department of Entomology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Domestic and wild ruminant sera; IgG antibodies to Rift Valley fever virus; In house validation; Indirect ELISA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CONNOCHAETES GNOU; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 0042265115     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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