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HBsAg diagnostic kits in the detection of hepatitis B virus mutation within "a" determinant.
Viral immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Louisirirotchanakul Suda, Kanoksinsombat Chinda, O'Charoen Rachanee, Fongsatikul Ladda, Puapairoj Chintana, Lulitanond Viraphong, Appassakij Hatsadee, Promwong Charupon, Wasi Chantapong
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The performance of currently available hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) commercial kits was analyzed by using a panel of 212 well-characterized plasma donors all over the country and a panel of nine recombinant HBsAg mutants containing single point or combinations of mutations between amino acid residues 124 and 147 of the "a" determinant. HBsAg commercial kits in this study were machine-based immunoassays...
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