Anti-HCV envelope prevalence in blood donors from Baden-Wurttemberg

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-137

  Da Silva Cardoso, M ^a   Sturm, D ^a   Koerner, K ^a   Dengler, T ^a   Kerowgan, M ^a   Kubanek, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood donor screening; HCV envelope proteins; HCV serology; Seroconverters; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION;

BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030889537     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050271     Document Type: Article

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