DETECTION OF ANTI-HBS ANTIBODY BY MEANS OF AN INDIRECT MICRO-ELISA METHOD

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (4) , 653-654
Abstract
The Hepanostika micro-ELISA [enzyme linked immunosorbent assay] System was used, with some modifications, for the indirect detection of human antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs). The proposed method is rapid, easy to perform, reproducible, specific and approaches radioimmunoassay in sensitivity (92.6% agreement). An advantage over radioimmunoassay is the possibility of revealing antibodies in sera containing immune complexes, but this will require further investigation.