Development and evaluation of an in vitro isolation of street rabies virus in mouse neuroblastoma cells as compared to conventional tests used for diagnosis of rabies

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-266

  Chhabra, M ^a   Mittal, V ^a   Jaiswal, R ^a   Malik, S ^a   Gupta, M ^a   Lal, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Mouse inoculation test; Rabies diagnosis; Rabies virus isolation; Rapid tissue culture infection test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 34848821995     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.34772     Document Type: Article

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