Serological diagnosis of hantavirus infections by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on detection of immunoglobulin G and M responses to recombinant nucleocapsid proteins of five viral serotypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1122-1130

  Elgh, Fredrik ^a   Lundkvist, Åke ^b   Alexeyev, Oleg A ^a,c   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^d   Hjelle, Brian ^e   Lee, Ho Wang ^f   Smith, Kenneth J ^g   Vainionpää, Raija ^h   Wiger, Donna ⁱ   Wadell, Göran ^a   Juto, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA VIRUS;

EID: 17644431966     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1122-1130.1997     Document Type: Article

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