Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Grolla, A ^a   Lucht, A ^a   Dick, D ^a   Strong, J E ^a   Feldmann, H ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; ELISA; Field diagnostic; Field laboratory; Immunofiltration; Marburg virus; Real time RT PCR; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; EBOLA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARBURG VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EBOLAVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GUINEA PIGS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 27144552873     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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