Immunoassays to study prevalence of antibody against GB virus C in blood donors

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Lou, Sheng ^a   Qiu, Xiaoxing ^a   Tegtmeier, Gary ^b   Leitza, Sandra ^a   Brackett, John ^a   Cousineau, Kristen ^a   Varma, Amit ^a   Seballos, Heidi ^a   Kundu, Samar ^a   Kuemmerle, Steve ^a   Hunt, J C ^a  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b Division of New York Blood Center Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

E2 protein; GB Virus C; GBV C; Immunoassay; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030772711     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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