Use of immunoglobulin G avidity assays for differentiation of primary from previous infections with West Nile virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 5873-5875

  Levett, P N ^a,e   Sonnenberg, K ^b   Sidaway, F ^a   Shead, S ^c   Niedrig, M ^d   Steinhagen, K ^b   Horsman, G B ^a   Drebot, M A ^c  

^a Provincial Laboratory   (Canada)

^b Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECURRENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CUPRESSUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 30744448207     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.5873-5875.2005     Document Type: Article

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