Defective particles can lead to underestimated antibody titers in virus neutralization tests

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 335-339

  Handke, Wiebke ^a   Krüger, Detlev H ^a   Rang, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defective particles; Focus reduction neutralization test; Hantavirus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECTIVE PARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS PARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS; VIRION;

HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 70350412322     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252911     Document Type: Article

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