An in-house-anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV)-specific immunoglobulin M capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: Evaluation and application to an HAV outbreak

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1513-1516

  Kiyohara, Tomoko ^a,d   Ouchi, Yoshimi ^b   Hasegawa, Yoshiko ^b   Sato, Tomoko ^a   Yoneyama, Tetsuo ^a   Ishii, Koji ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^c   Wakita, Takaji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Shiga Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HAV; IgM; Outbreak; Symptom

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 68949161941     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21578     Document Type: Article

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