Diagnostic potential of puumala virus nucleocapsid protein expressed in Drosophila melanogaster cells

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2324-2329

  Brus Sjölander, Katarina ^a   Golovljova, Irina ^b   Plyusnin, Alexander ^c,d   Lundkvist, Åke ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b Virus Ecology Laboratory   (Estonia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUUMALA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HANTAVIRUS; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; MIRIDAE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0342298656     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2324-2329.2000     Document Type: Article

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