Strain-specific antibody response to Lassa virus in the local population of west Africa

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Emmerich, Petra ^a   Günther, Stephan ^a   Schmitz, Herbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti Lassa virus antibodies; Epidemiology; Hierarchical clustering; Immunofluorescence; Reverse ELISA; strain specificity; West Africa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BENIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; GUINEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 42649132836     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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