Rapid West Nile virus antigen detection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1633-1635

  Panella, Nicholas A ^a,b   Burkhalter, Kristen L ^a   Langevin, Stanley A ^a   Brault, Aaron C ^a   Schooley, Lynn M ^a   Biggerstaff, Brad J ^a   Nasci, Roger S ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLOACA; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPARROW; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 25644434950     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1110.040394     Document Type: Article

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