✦ LIBER ✦
Detection of respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal secretions by a biotin-avidin ELISA more sensitive than the fluorescent antibody technique
✍ Scribed by Allan Hornsleth; Birgitte Friis; Peter Andreas Krasilnikof
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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✦ Synopsis
The presence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was investigated by immunofluorescent antibody (IF) technique and by a biotidavidin (BA) ELISA in 156 samples of nasopharyngeal secretions (NPS) obtained from infants and small children with acute respiratory disease. Of 70 RSV-IF-positive NPS, 68 were positive by BA-ELISA. Of 86 RSV-IF-negative NPS, eight were positive by BA-ELISA. BA-ELISA could detect 0.5-1 .O ng RSV-protein.