Evaluation of commercial assays for detecting West Nile virus antigen

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-69

  Burkhalter, Kristen L ^a   Lindsay, Robbin ^b   Anderson, Robert ^c   Dibernardo, Antonia ^b   Fong, Whalley ^d   Nasci, Roger S ^a  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d Response Biomedical Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Mosquito; RAMP test; Rapid detection; VecTest ; Vector; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CULICIDAE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSECT VECTORS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33646474466     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[64:EOCAFD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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