Good performance of immunoglobulin M assays in diagnosing genotype 3 hepatitis e virus infections

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 772-774

  Legrand Abravanel, Florence ^a,b   Thevenet, Isabelle ^b   Mansuy, Jean Michel ^b   Saune, Karine ^a,b   Vischi, Francoise ^b   Peron, Jean Marie ^b   Kamar, Nassim ^c   Rostaing, Lionel ^a   Izopet, Jacques ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66849104474     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00438-08     Document Type: Article

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