Hepatitis B virus genotype E surface antigen detection with different immunoassays and diagnostic impact of mutations in the preS/S gene

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Olinger, Christophe M ^a   Weber, Bernard ^b,c   Otegbayo, Jesse A ^d   Ammerlaan, Wim ^a   Van Der Taelem Brulé, Natascha ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a National Public Health Laboratory   (Luxembourg)

^b Laboratoires Reunis Junglinster   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Genotype E; HBsAg; Nucleic acid amplification test; PreS S gene

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS GENE; WILD TYPE;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36148949714     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-007-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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