Automated RIBA hepatitis C virus (HCV) strip immunoblot assay for reproducible HCV diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-390

  Martin, P ^a,c   Fabrizi, F ^a   Dixit, V ^a   Quan, S ^b   Brezina, M ^a   Kaufman, E ^b   Sra, K ^b   DiNello, R ^b   Polito, A ^b   Gitnick, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SIA;

EID: 0031964647     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.387-390.1998     Document Type: Article

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