Detection of human hantavirus infections in Lithuania

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-72

  Sandmann, S ^a   Meisel, H ^a   Razanskiene, A ^b   Wolbert, A ^a,c   Pohl, B ^a   Kruger D H ^a   Sasnauskas, K ^b   Ulrich, R ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOBRAVA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LITHUANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUUMALA VIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LITHUANIA;

EID: 17844396924     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4058-8     Document Type: Article

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