Use of antisera directed against dsRNA to detect viral infections in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Willcox, Abby ^b   Hilton, David A ^c   Tauriainen, Sisko ^d   Hyoty, Heikki ^d,e   Bone, Adrian J ^f   Foulis, Alan K ^g   Morgan, Noel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DsRNA; Formalin fixed tissue; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin embedded; Virus detection

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FORMALDEHYDE; J2 ANTISERUM; K1 ANTISERUM; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PATHOLOGY; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77957671866     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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