Typing of hepatitis C virus antibody with specific peptides in seropositive blood donors and comparison with genotyping of viral RNA

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-75

  León, Pilar ^a   López, José A ^a   Elola, Consuelo ^a   Quan, Stella ^b   Echevarría, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; VIREMIA;

EID: 1842405393     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.7220071.x     Document Type: Article

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