Feasibility of freeze-dried sera for serological and molecular biological detection of hepatitis B and C viruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4593-4595

  Ohishi, Waka ^a   Fujiwara, Saeko ^a   Suzuki, Gen ^a   Kishi, Takeshi ^a   Sora, Misae ^a   Matsuura, Shinsuke ^a   Hakoda, Masayuki ^a   Tatsukawa, Yoshimi ^a   Yamada, Michiko ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^b  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

FREEZE DRYING; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33845591152     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00621-06     Document Type: Article

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