Diagnosing acute hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients: Nucleic acid testing compared with antibody and antigen-antibody detecting methods

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-80

  Nastouli, Eleni ^a   Thomson, Emma C ^a   Karayiannis, Peter ^a   Main, Janice ^a   McClure, Myra ^a   Muir, David ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hepatitis C; HIV; Nucleic acid testing

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57749117198     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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