Performance evaluation of the oraquick hepatitis C virus rapid antibody test

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-189

  Cha, Young Joo ^a   Park, Quehn ^a   Kang, Eun Suk ^b   Yoo, Byung Chul ^c   Park, Kyoung Un ^b   Kim, Jin Wook ^d   Hwang, Yoo Sung ^e   Kim, Myung Hee ^e  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Departments of Laboratory Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Hanmaeum Blood Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical sensitivity; Clinical specificity; Hepatitis C virus; Oral fluid; Performance evaluation; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION STUDY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

CROSS REACTIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877932890     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.3.184     Document Type: Article

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