Evaluations of Commercial West Nile Virus Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM Enzyme Immunoassays Show the Value of Continuous Validation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 727-733

  Malan, Annette K ^a   Martins, Thomas B ^a   Hill, Harry R ^a,b   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 1242269306     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.727-733.2004     Document Type: Article

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