Identification of different stages of hepatitis b infection with enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2572-2576

  Ghani, Rubina ^a   Iqbal, Asif ^b   Akhtar, Naveed ^c   Mahmood, Arshad ^d   Malik, Nida Shamshad ^e   Usman, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Hasan ^f   Akram, Mohammad ^b   Asif, H M ^c  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^d Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^f Bahria Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HBV infection; Hepatitis B; Stages of HBs Ag

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79960745206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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