Hepatitis a virus: Serology and molecular diagnostics

Future Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^a   Desbois, Delphine ^a   Dussaix, Elisabeth ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Avidity; Hepatitis A virus; IgM; Molecular diagnosis; Molecular epidemiology; Reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77649301781     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.10.9     Document Type: Review

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