Evaluation of an in-house specific immunoglobulin g (IgG) avidity elisa for distinguishing recent primary from long-term human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 323-326

  De Souza, Silmara ^a   Bonon, Sandra H A ^a   Costa, Sandra C B ^a   Rossi, Cláudio Lúcio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avidity test; HCMV; Immunodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0346334670     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652003000600005     Document Type: Article

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