A highly sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of antibodies to hepatitis C virus.

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Journal Article

In this study, a 178 amino acids long portion of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) core gene was cloned, sequenced, expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified. The resulting antigen (C178) was tested with human sera enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in order to assess its ability to diagnose HCV. It was shown by ELISA that 92% of the patients sera, diagnosed previously by a 3rd generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA) as HCV-positive, had antibodies against the C178 antigen. This antigen gave no false positive results when tested with anti-HCV-negative sera.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Eroglu, C; Yildiz, E; Ozturk, M; Pinarbasi, E

Published Date

  • February 2000

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 44 / 1

Start / End Page

  • 29 - 33

PubMed ID

  • 10989689

Pubmed Central ID

  • 10989689

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1336-2305

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0001-723X

Language

  • eng