Evaluation of reverse-transcriptase PCR as a diagnostic tool to confirm Japanese encephalitis virus infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Saxena, Vandana ^a   Mishra, Virendra K ^a   Dhole, Tapan N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; IgM; India; Japanese encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis virus; Reverse transcriptase PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 61449217795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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