Herpes simplex virus type 2 antibody detection performance in Kisumu, Kenya, using the HerpeSelect ELISA, Kalon ELISA, Western blot and inhibition testing

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-96

  Smith, J S ^a,h   Bailey, R C ^b   Westreich, D J ^a   Maclean, I ^c   Agot, K ^d   Ndinya Achola, J O ^e   Hogrefe, W ^f   Morrow, R A ^g   Moses, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIM Project   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f Focus Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KENYA; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649096932     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031815     Document Type: Article

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