| Literature DB >> 20578874 |
Jan Drobeniuc1, Jihong Meng, Gábor Reuter, Tracy Greene-Montfort, Natasha Khudyakova, Zoya Dimitrova, Saleem Kamili, Chong-Gee Teo.
Abstract
Six immunoassays for detecting immunoglobulin M antibodies to hepatitis E virus were evaluated. Serum samples representing acute infection by each of the 4 viral genotypes as well as nonacute hepatitis E virus infection constituted the test panels. Diagnostic sensitivities and specificities as well as interassay agreement varied widely. Analytical sensitivity limits also were determined and were found to be particularly disparate.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20578874 DOI: 10.1086/654801
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079