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Research Article

Evaluation of a Near-patient Test and 2 Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay-based Assays for Detecting Anti-herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 Antibodies

Giorgio Palù Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Arianna Calistri Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Enrico Cancellotti Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Monica Cusan Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Carlo Mengoli From the Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Pages 794-796 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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