Evaluation of three commercially available hepatitis C virus antibody detection assays under the conditions of a clinical virology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-210

  Zachary, Pierre ^a   Ullmann, Murielle ^a   Djeddi, Saadi ^a   Meyer, Nicolas ^a   Wendling, Marie Josée ^a   Schvoerer, Evelyne ^a   Stoll Keller, Françoise ^a   Gut, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibodies; Commercially enzymo immunological assays; Hepatitis C virus; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26444610621     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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