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Volume 11, Number 7, July 2005

West Nile Virus Detection and Commercial Assays

Peter A.G. Tilley,* Gail A. Zachary,† Roberta Walle,* and Paul F. Schnee†
*Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and †Palliser Health Region, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

 
 
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Figure. West Nile virus (WNV) immunoglobulin (Ig)M index values in serum specimens from 38 WNV case-patients detected in the fall of 2003. The assay was performed by using the Focus Technologies kit, as per the manufacturer's instructions. An index >1.1 indicates a positive result and an index <0.9 indicates a negative result.

 

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