A simple and cheaper in house varicella zoster virus antibody indirect ELISA
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A simple and cheaper in house varicella zoster virus antibody indirect ELISA.
We have developed a cheaper an simple in house indirect ELISA that uses the live attenuated VZV vaccine as a coating antigen. The alternative ELISA had an agreement of 94% when compared with a commercial VZV ELISA kit. Moreover, our ELISA proved to be more reliable than the kit when assessing true negative samples. By adding a standard serum, we were able to produce results in international uni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0036-4665
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652004000300008