Evaluation of a new West Nile Virus lateral-flow rapid IgM assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Sambol, Anthony R ^a   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tool; Enzyme linked immunoassay; Immunoglobulin M; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 63449132210     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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