Detection of low-avidity IgG antibodies in the diagnosis of the acute primary infection by the hepatitis C virus;Deteccion de anticuerpos IgG de baja avidez en el diagnostico de la infeccion primaria aguda por virus de la hepatitis C

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-18

  León, Pilar ^a   López, José Antonio ^a   De Ory, Fernando ^a   Elola, Consuelo ^a   Echevarría, José Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

hepatitis C virus; humoral immunodeficiencies; low avidity IgG antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIREMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECURRENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031058225     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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