Best screening assays for the diagnosis of human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 in South America

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 150-151

  Caterino de Araujo, Adele ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Human T cell lymphotropic virus 1 and 2 (HTLV 1 2); Screening assays; South America

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGORITHMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 59749100536     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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