Evaluation of two ELISA Assay Kits against RT-PCR for diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infection in a Hospital Setting in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 390-394

  Khan, Erum ^a   Mehraj, Vikram ^a   Nasir, Amna ^a   Khan, Nabil Ahmad ^a   Billoo, Bushra ^a   Moatter, Tariq ^a   Hasan, Rumina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

EID: 66949134277     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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