A rapid immunochromatographic assay for hepatitis B virus screening

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-334

  Lau, Daryl T Y ^a,c   Ma, H ^a   Lemon, S M ^a   Doo, E ^b   Ghany, M G ^b   Miskovsky, E ^a   Woods, G L ^a   Park, Y ^b   Hoofnagle, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme immunoassays; Hepatitis B; Immunochromatographic assay

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038383545     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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