Performance of the herpeselect (focus) and kalon enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of antibodies against herpes simplex virus type 2 by use of monoclonal antibody-blocking enzyme immunoassay and clinicovirological reference standards in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2309-2311

  Nascimento, Maria Claudia ^a,b,e   Ferreira, Suzete ^c   Sabino, Ester ^c   Hamilton, Ingrid ^d   Parry, John ^d   Pannuti, Claudio S ^b   Mayaud, Philippe ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 34547637010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00144-07     Document Type: Article

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