Strategies for reliable diagnosis of Hepatitis C infection: The need for a serological confirmatory assay

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 320-324

  Schroter M ^a   Schafer P ^a   Zollner B ^a   Polywka, S ^a   Laufs, R ^a   Feucht, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCV EIA; HCV PCR; Immunoblot assay; OD value

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0034972736     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1053     Document Type: Article

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