Significance of indeterminate third-generation hepatitis C virus recombinant immunoblot assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-83

  Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^a   Bastie, Anne ^a   Pellet, Claire ^a   Remire, Jocelyne ^a   Darthuy, Françoise ^a   Wolfe, Larry ^c   Sayada, Chalom ^b   Duval, Jean ^a   Dhumeaux, Daniel ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Roche Diagnostic Systems   (France)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029655443     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.80-83.1996     Document Type: Article

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