Detection of respiratory syncytial virus specific antibody response in saliva of healthy Singaporeans

• Main Author: Thiagarajan, Rekha
• Other Authors: Richard J Sugrue
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72516
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the major viral cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children. Though the gold standard of diagnosis is to measure RSV specific antibodies in plasma, it would be relevant to measure salivary RSV specific IgA, IgG and IgM as this may give a good r...