WELYSSA: A simple tool using mouse monoclonal antibodies for the detection of lyssavirus nucleocapsid in rabies suspected specimens

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 131, Issue , 2008, Pages 555-561

  Xu, Gelin ^a   Weber, P ^b   Hu, Q ^a   Xue, H ^a   Audry, L ^b   Li, C ^a   Wu, J ^a   Bourhy, H ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Biological Products   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Lyssavirus; Rabies; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID; RABIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44649195658     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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