A method for the detection and confirmation of antibodies to hepatitis C virus in dried blood spots

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Parker, S P ^a   Cubitt, W D ^a   Ades, A E ^b  

^a Hospital for Children NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; Hepatitis C virus; Sero epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEPATITIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; NORTHERN EUROPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; NEONATAL SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030870737     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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