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SUBMITTER: Bego MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2615055 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bego Mariana G MG Bawiec Darcy D Dandge Deepa D Martino Benjamin B Dearing Denise D Wilson Eric E St Jeor Stephen S
Journal of virological methods 20080630 2
Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse) is the primary reservoir for Sin Nombre virus (SNV). Although the presence of IgG antibodies is often used as a marker of infection, it provides little information on active infections in a population but usually is an indicator of past infections. The presence of IgM antibodies is a much better marker for determining whether active infections are present in a population. A mu-capture SNV-specific IgM enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed. Fr ...[more]