A new HBsAg screening assay designed for sensitive detection of HBsAg subtypes and variants

Intervirology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-132

  Van Roosmalen, M H ^a   De Jong, J J ^a   Haenen, W ^a   Jacobs, T ^a   Couwenberg, F ^a   Ahlers de Boer, G J C M ^a   Hellings, J A ^a  

^a bioMerieux   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood screening; ELISA; HBsAg; Monoclonal antibody; Mutants

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 31144453272     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089373     Document Type: Article

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