Evaluation of five screening tests licensed in Argentina for detection of hepatitis C virus antibodies

Evaluation of five screening tests licensed in Argentina for detection of hepatitis C virus antibodies

This study was conducted to compare among the most recent generation of five screening tests licensed in Argentina, in order to evaluate which of the tests has the best sensitivity for detection of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV). The tests analyzed were: Detect-HCV™ (3.0) Bioch...

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Main Authors:	Viviana Ré, Sandra Gallego, Elena Treviño, Gabriela Barbás, Claudia Domínguez, Osvaldo Elbarcha, Héctor Bepre, Marta Contigiani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2005-05-01
Series:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:	hepatitis C virus (HCV) HCV screening test sensitivity
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000300016

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