A point-of-care test for measles diagnosis: detection of measles-specific IgM antibodies and viral nucleic acid
Author(s) -
Lenesha Warrener,
Rimantas Slibinskas,
Kaw Bing Chua,
Wondatir Nigatu,
Kevin Brown,
Kęstutis Sasnauskas,
Dhanraj Samuel,
David W. Brown
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.11.088427
Subject(s) - measles , virology , measles virus , morbillivirus , point of care testing , medicine , rubella , antibody , immunoassay , immunoglobulin m , vaccination , immunoglobulin g , immunology
To evaluate the performance of a newly developed point-of-care test (POCT) for the detection of measles-specific IgM antibodies in serum and oral fluid specimens and to assess if measles virus nucleic acid could be recovered from used POCT strips.
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