Reversed passive hemagglutination test fails to detect HBsAg in a number of HBeAg positive sera

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-137

  Thammanichanond, Duangtawan ^a   Kunakorn, Mongkol ^a   Settaudom, Chavachol ^a   Khupulsup, Kalayanee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

EID: 0036623907     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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