Dried blood spots on filter paper as an alternative specimen for measles diagnostics: Detection of measles immunoglobulin m antibody by a commercial enzyme immunoassay

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Uzicanin, Amra ^a   Lubega, Irene ^b   Nanuynja, Miriam ^c   Mercader, Sara ^a   Rota, Paul ^a   Bellini, William ^a   Helfand, Rita ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER PAPER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UGANDA; VIRUS DETECTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; PAPER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UGANDA;

EID: 79960864048     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir088     Document Type: Article

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