Assessment of dried blood spot samples as a simple method for detection of hepatitis B virus markers

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1522-1529

  Villar, Livia Melo ^a   de Oliveira, Jaqueline Correia ^a   Cruz, Helena Medina ^a   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^a   Lampe, Elisabeth ^a   Lewis Ximenez, Lia Laura ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DBS; ELISA; Filter paper; HBV; Stability studies

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79960118841     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22138     Document Type: Article

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