A Novel Antigen Detection Immunoassay for Field Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-407

  Attallah, Abdelfattah M ^a   Ismail, Hisham ^a   Tabll, Ashraf A ^a   Shiha, Gamal E ^b   El Dosoky, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Biotechnology Research Center of New Damietta   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dot ELISA; HCV; HCV NS4 antigen; Hepatitis C; Serum

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0344737584     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IAS-120025777     Document Type: Article

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