Rapid antigen detection in the diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus in Nigeria

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-165

  Meseko, Clement Adebajo ^a   Oladokun, Agnes Tinuke ^a   Ekong, Pius Stephen ^a   Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo ^a   Shittu, Ismaila Ademola ^a   Sulaiman, Lanre Kabir ^a   Egbuji, Anthony Nwachinemelo ^a   Solomon, Ponman ^a   Ularamu, Hussaini Gulak ^a   Joannis, Tony Manuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antigen; Detection; Diagnosis; H5N1; HPAI; Nigeria; Rapid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOWL; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NIGERIA; POULTRY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956587145     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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