Three manual immunoassays for the rapid detection of hepatitis B surface antigen

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-534

  Finny, G Joseph ^a   John, Rohan ^a   Babu, P George ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Austragen latex agglutination test; Daina Screen test; HBsAg detection; Hepatitis B; Immunocomb II test

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0029974041     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90310-7     Document Type: Article

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