The prevalence of surface antigen variants of hepatitis B virus in Papua New Guinea, South Africa, and Sardinia

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1658-1666

  Carman, William F ^a   Van Deursen, Frederick J ^a   Mimms, Larry T ^b,f   Hardie, Diana ^c   Coppola, Rossella ^d   Decker, Richard ^b   Sanders, Ray ^e,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Hygiene and Public Health Section   (Italy)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^f Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030683511     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260640     Document Type: Article

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