A multicenter study evaluation of the digene hybrid Capture II signal amplification technique for detection of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum samples and testing of EUROHEP standards

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2150-2155

  Niesters, Hubert G M ^a   Krajden, Mel ^b   Cork, Lynda ^b   De Medina, Maria ^c   Hill, Mary ^c   Fries, Edwin ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0034094575     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2150-2155.2000     Document Type: Article

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