Hepatitis B virus DNA in blood samples positive for antibodies to core antigen and negative for surface antigen

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 768-770

  Gutierrez C ^a   Leon G ^b   Loureiro, C L ^a   Uzcategui N ^a   Liprandi, F ^a   Pujol, F H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Banco Munic Sangre Distrito F   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE;

EID: 0344562897     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.5.768-770.1999     Document Type: Article

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