Chikungunya virus diagnosis in the developing world: A pressing need

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1089-1091

  Sam, I Ching ^a   Chua, Chong Long ^a   Chan, Yoke Fun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

chikungunya; developing countries; IgM antibody; molecular diagnostic tests; point of care systems; serological tests

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE NEED; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82455184707     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.11.132     Document Type: Review

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