A highly sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of antibodies to hepatitis C virus.
Journal Article (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
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0001-723X
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Slovakia