Comparison of three automated immunoassay methods for the determination of epstein-barr virus-specific immunoglobulin M

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-563

  Berth, Mario ^a   Bosmans, Eugene ^a  

^a Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUTOMATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950630594     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00372-09     Document Type: Article

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