Performance of hepatitis B surface antigen tests with the first WHO international hepatitis B virus genotype reference panel

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Chudy, M ^a   Scheiblauer, H ^a   Hanschmann, K M ^a   Kress, J ^a   Nick, S ^a   Wend, U ^b   Schuttler C ^b   Nubling C M ^a   Gerlich, W H ^b  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HBsAg; HBsAg unitages; HBV diagnostics; HBV genotype diversity; HBV genotype sensitivity; Reference preparations

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84881550180     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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