Comparison of four commercial screening assays for the diagnosis of human T-cell Lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Berini, Carolina A ^a   Susana Pascuccio, M ^b   Bautista, Christian T ^c   Gendler, Silvina A ^b   Eirin, Maria E ^a   Rodriguez, Claudia ^d   Pando, Maria A ^a   Biglione, Mirna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d Hospital de Alta Complejidad ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Assays; Comparison; HTLV 1 2; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I ANTIGENS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II ANTIGENS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; MUREX;

EID: 37549047621     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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