Prospective study of the meaning of indeterminate results of the recombinant immunoblot assay for hepatitis C virus in blood donors

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Piro, Loredana ^a   Solinas, Stefano ^a   Luciani, Marina ^a   Casale, Andrea ^a   Bighiani, Tiziana ^a   Santonocito, Daniela ^a   Girelli, Gabriella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HCV RIBA indeterminate; Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 56149126845     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2008.0037-07     Document Type: Article

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