Assessment of plaque assay methods for alphaviruses

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Juarez, Diana ^a   Long, Kanya C ^a,b   Aguilar, Patricia ^c   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^d   Halsey, Eric S ^a  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose; Alphavirus; Carboxymethylcellulose; Plaque assay

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAYARO ALPHAVIRUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI SOLID PLAQUE ASSAY; SEMI SOLID VARIANT PLAQUE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PLAQUE ASSAY; UNA VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VERO CELL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TITRATION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; HUMANS; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; VERO CELLS; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY;

ALPHAVIRUS; MAYARO VIRUS; UNA VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84871812305     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.09.026     Document Type: Article

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