Discrepancy between anti-hepatitis E virus immunoglobulin G prevalence assessed by two assays in kidney and liver transplant recipients

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-64

  Rossi Tamisier, Morgane ^a   Moal, Valérie ^c   Gerolami, René ^c   Colson, Philippe ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

France; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Serological assays; Seroprevalence; Solid organ transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS RAPID TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPLATE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EUROPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84871486086     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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