Development of an indirect ELISA method for the parallel measurement of IgG and IgM antibodies against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus using recombinant nucleoprotein as antigen

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-341

  Dowall, S D ^a   Richards, K S ^a   Graham, V A ^a   Chamberlain, J ^a   Hewson, R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assay; CCHF; Detection; ELISA; Haemorrhagic; Viruses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERBIA; STANDARDIZATION; TAJIKISTAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAJIKISTAN; TURKEY; YUGOSLAVIA;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84855479852     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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