Measles serodiagnosis: Production and evaluation of the IgM-measles ELISAIAL reagent

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-75

  Hoshino Shimizu, Sumie ^a   De Andrade Vaz De Lima, Lourdes Rehder ^a   De Oliveira, Maria Isabel ^a   Pereira, Carlos Augusto ^b   De Moura, Anísio ^a   Mendonça, Ronaldo Zucatelli ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IgM measles reagent; Measles; Reagent quality control; Serodiagnosis; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 1842776946     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822001000100016     Document Type: Article

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