Definition of false-positive reactions in screening for hepatitis C virus antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 233-234

  Schröter, Matthias ^a   Feucht, Heinz Hubert ^a   Schäfer, Peter ^a   Zöllner, Bernhard ^a   Polywka, Susanne ^a   Laufs, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345491434     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.233-234.1999     Document Type: Article

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