Short communication: Evaluation of the correlation between hepatitis D virus (HDV) RNA positivity and HDV antibodies;Kisa bildiri: Hepatit D virus (HDV) RNA pozitifliǧi ile HDV antikorlarι arasιndaki ilişkinin deǧerlendirilmesi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-349

  Özekinci, Tuncer ^a   Atmaca, Selahattin ^a   Akpolat, Nezahat ^a   Temiz, Hakan ^a   Arikan, Eralp ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti HDV antibodies; HDV RNA; Hepatitis D virus; Hepatitis delta

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846427412     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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