Utility of oral fluid samples for hepatitis B antibody detection in real life conditions

Utility of oral fluid samples for hepatitis B antibody detection in real life conditions

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) testing in oral fluid samples may provide advantages in diagnosis, screening or prevalence studies, especially among individuals with venous access difficulties. This study aims to optimize one commercially available assay for detecting total anti-HBc mark...

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Main Authors: Helena Medina Cruz, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Elisangela Ferreira da Silva, Kycia Maria Rodrigues do Ó, Flavio Augusto Pádua Milagres, Marcelo Santos Cruz, Francisco Inácio Bastos, Jurema Corrêa da Mota, Priscila Pollo-Flores, Erotildes Leal, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Elisabeth Lampe, Livia Melo Villar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis B virus
Oral fluid
Enzyme immunoassay
Prevalence
Diagnosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4183-0

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