Evaluation of a new rapid immunochromatographic assay for serodiagnosis of acute hepatitis E infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 942-946

  Myint, Khin S A ^a   Guan, Ming ^b   Chen, Hsiao Ying ^b   Lu, Yang ^b   Anderson, David ^c   Howard, Teresa ^d   Noedl, Harald ^a   Mammen Jr , Mammen P ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b MP Biomedicals Asia Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c Select Vaccines   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 28044452003     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.942     Document Type: Article

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