Article
Third-generation recombinant immunoblot assay: comparison of reactivities according to hepatitis C virus genotype.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 1996
Dow B C, Munro H, Buchanan I, Follett E A, Davidson F, Yap P L, Simmonds P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) is widely used as a supplemental test in hepatitis C virus (HCV) confirmatory algorithms. As this assay is based on HCV type 1, its performance was examined with the common European HCV genotypes (1, 2, and 3). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A study was...
Topics
- Blood Donors
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genes, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sensitivity and Specificity
