An improved Abbott ARCHITECT ® assay for the detection of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg)

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Lou, Sheng C ^a   Pearce, Sandra K ^a   Lukaszewska, Teresa X ^a   Taylor, Russell E ^a   Williams, Gregg T ^a   Leary, Thomas P ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

HBsAg; HBsAg mutants; Hepatitis B virus; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MUTATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953742143     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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