Comparative sensitivity of HBV NATs and HBsAg assays for detection of acute HBV infection
- 21 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 43 (6) , 788-798
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00424.x
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A study was designed to estimate relative analytic sensitivity and window‐period (WP) closure and to project incremental yield of newer HBsAg tests, pooled‐sample NAT, and single‐sample ...Keywords
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