West Nile Virus
Commercial assays for detecting West Nile virus antigen compared
Published in Virus Weekly, May 23rd, 2006
According to a study from the United States and Canada, "Two commercially available West Nile virus (WNV) detection assays (RAMP WNV test, Response Biomedical Corp., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; and VecTest WNV antigen assay, Medical Analysis Systems, Inc., Camarillo, CA) were compared for sensitivity, specificity, and ability to detect WNV in field-collected mosquito pools. Serially diluted stock seed WNV and St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) were used to determine sensitivity and specificity."
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Source: Virus Weekly (2006-05-23)
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