Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based techniques for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in thermochemically inactivated sheep sera

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 697-699

  Van Vuren, Petrus Jansen ^a,b   Paweska, Janusz T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ELISA; Inactivation; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SHEEP; THERMOCOAGULATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 77957552878     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0213     Document Type: Article

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