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SUBMITTER: Moore CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391045 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moore Catrin E CE Blacksell Stuart D SD Taojaikong Thaksinaporn T Jarman Richard G RG Gibbons Robert V RV Lee Sue J SJ Chansamouth Vilada V Thongpaseuth Soulignasack S Mayxay Mayfong M Newton Paul N PN
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120701 1
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a major cause of encephalitis in Asia. We estimated the diagnostic accuracy of two anti-JEV immunoglobulin M (IgM) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) (Panbio and XCyton JEVCheX) compared with a reference standard (AFRIMS JEV MAC ELISA) in a prospective study of the causes of central nervous system infections in Laos. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF; 515 patients) and serum samples (182 patients) from those admitted to Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, were teste ...[more]