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Establishment of an anti-hepatitis C virus IgG avidity test for dried serum/plasma spots.
Journal of immunological methods - 1 Apr 2020
Eshetu Amare, Hauser Andrea, An der Heiden Matthias, Schmidt Daniel, Meixenberger Karolin, Ross Stefan, Obermeier Martin, Ehret Robert, Bock Claus-Thomas, Bartmeyer Barbara, Bremer Viviane, Bannert Norbert
Abstract excerpt
Monitoring recency of infection helps to identify current transmission in vulnerable populations for effective disease control. We have established an in-house avidity based hepatitis C virus (HCV) recency assay based on the Monolisa Anti-HCV PLUS Version 3 ELISA kit for use of dried serum/plasma spots (DS/PS) in order to distinguish recent and long-term infections. A first panel of DS/PS (n = 218; genotype 1...
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