Evaluation of chikungunya diagnostic assays: Differences in sensitivity of serology assays in two independent outbreaks

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Yap, Grace ^a   Pok, Kwoon Yong ^a   Lai, Yee Ling ^a   Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha ^a   Chow, Angela ^b   Leo, Yee Sin ^b   Tan, Li Kiang ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 77957903372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000753     Document Type: Article

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