| Literature DB >> 15956441 |
Luisa Romanò1, Claudio Velati, Lorella Baruffi, Laura Fomiatti, Giuseppe Colucci, Alessandro R Zanetti.
Abstract
We evaluated the COBAS Ampliscreen hepatitis B virus (HBV) test using standards, seroconversion panels, consecutive donations, and samples from patients with abnormal alanine aminotransferase and chronic hepatitis C. Specificity was 100% and sensitivity was 20 IU/ml. In seroconversion panels, HBV DNA was detected up to 4 to 18 days before HBsAg, suggesting that this assay is useful in shortening the infectious window phase.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15956441 PMCID: PMC1151896 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2991-2993.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948