False positive tests for anti-hepatitis C antibodies and the problem of notifying blood donors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 674-678

  Bar Shany, Shulamith ^a   Green, Manfred S ^b,c   Shinar, Eilat ^a  

^a MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

^b Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibody levels; Blood donors; Liver enzymes; Supplemental EIA tests

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; ISRAEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029956332     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.674     Document Type: Article

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