Second International Diagnostic Accuracy Study for the Serological Detection of West Nile Virus Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sanchini, Andrea ^a,b   Donoso Mantke, Oliver ^a   Papa, Anna ^c   Sambri, Vittorio ^d   Teichmann, Anette ^a   Niedrig, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84876841232     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002184     Document Type: Article

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