Laboratory diagnosis of human hantavirus infection: Novel insights and future potential

Future Virology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Machado, Alex Martins ^a   de Figueiredo, Glauciane Garcia ^a   dos Santos Jr , Gilberto Sabino ^a   Figuiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hantavirus diagnosis; Molecular diagnosis; News perspective; Serologic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

BUNYAVIRIDAE; HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70350093591     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.09.15     Document Type: Review

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