Performance of two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits using recombinant glycoprotein G2 antigen for detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 specific antibodies

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 359-360

  Reddy, Sharmila M ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a,c   Uma, S ^a   Thyagarajan, S P ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^a  

^a YRG CARE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN G2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN G, HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENITAL HERPES; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 22044432579     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.2.359-360.2005     Document Type: Article

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