A simple and cheaper in house varicella zoster virus antibody indirect ELISA

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-168

  Ono, Erika ^a   Lafer, Manuel Mindlin ^a   Weckx, Lily Yin ^a   Granato, Celso ^a,b   De Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody avidity; ELISA; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 3142676825     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000300008     Document Type: Article

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