Concordance between hepatitis C virus serotyping assays

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-422

  Gish, R G ^a   Qian, K P ^b   Quan, S ^c   Xu, Y L ^b   Pike, I ^d   Polito, A ^c   DiNello, R ^c   Lau, J Y N ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d Murex Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Genotype; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Liver; Mixed infection; PCR; Recombinant immunoblot; RIBA; Serological typing; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031301858     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1997.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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