Evaluation of the ortho-clinical diagnostics vitros ECi Anti-HCV test: Comparison with three other methods

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-166

  Watterson, Jeannette M ^a,c   Stallcup, Paulina ^b   Escamilla, David ^b   Chernay, Patrick ^b   Reyes, Alfred ^b   Trevino, Sylvia C ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADVIA Centaur; HCV; Hepatitis C virus; RIBA; Vitros ECi

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY;

CHIRON; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34249286242     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20119     Document Type: Article

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