Sensitivity of the vectest™ antigen assay for eastern equine encephalitis and western equine encephalitis viruses

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-444

  Nasci, Roger S ^a   Gottfried, Kristy L ^a   Burkhalter, Kristen L ^a   Ryan, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Emmerich, Eva ^d   Davé, Kirti ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Cepheid   (United States)

^d Medical Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equine encephalitis; Mosquito; Plaque assay; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Surveillance; VecTest; Vector; Western equine encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; PLAQUE ASSAY; REAGENT STRIPS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842834143     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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