A novel immunoassay for PreS1 and/or core-related antigens for detection of HBsAg variants

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 108-113

  Yuan, Quan ^a   Ge, Shengxiang ^a   Xiong, Junhui ^a   Yan, Qiang ^a   Li, Zhuo ^b   Hao, Xiaoke ^c   Tian, Deying ^d   Niu, Jianjun ^e   Su, Zhijun ^f   Chen, Changrong ^g   Shih, J Wai Kuo ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Xia, Ningshao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Blood Center of Xiamen   (China)

Author keywords

Core related antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Immunoassay; PreS1 antigen; Surface antigen variant

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRES1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; STOP CODON;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOP CODON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955094712     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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