Adenovirus conjunctivitis diagnosis using RPS Adenodetector®;Diagnóstico de conjuntivite adenoviral pelo RPS Adenodetector®

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-444

  Barbosa Jr , José Bonifácio ^a   Regatieri, Caio Vinicius Saito ^a   de Paiva, Terezinha Maria ^b   Benega, Margareth Aparecida ^b   Ishida, Maria Akiko ^b   Corrêa, Kátia Oliveira ^b   de Freitas, Denise ^a   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c Rua Botucatu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenoviridae infections; Chromatography; Conjunctivitis, viral diagnosis; Virus cultivation methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349031457     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000300010     Document Type: Article

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