Evaluation of a direct rapid immunohistochemical test (dRIT) for rapid diagnosis of rabies in animals and humans

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 299-302

  Madhusudana, Shampur Narayan ^a   Subha, Sundaramurthy ^a   Thankappan, Ullas ^a   Ashwin, Yajaman Belludi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Direct rapid immunohistochemical test (dRIT); Fluorescent antibody technique; Immunohistochemistry; Post mortem diagnosis; Rabies

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABIES NUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIGEN; STREPTAVIDIN PEROXIDASE AMINO ETHYL CARBAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIRECT RAPID IMMUNHISTOCHEMICAL TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84868035636     PISSN: 16740769     EISSN: 1995820X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-012-3265-6     Document Type: Article

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