Reverse ELISA for IgG and IgM antibodies to detect Lassa virus infections in Africa

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Emmerich, Petra ^a   Thome Bolduan, Corinna ^a   Drosten, Christian ^a   Gunther, Stephan ^a   Ban, Enikö ^b   Sawinsky, Imke ^a   Schmitz, Herbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Virusdiagnosztika C/II   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ghana; Guinea; IgM; Lassa IgG; Reverse ELISA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750508729     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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