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7686716

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
Of 106 samples positive for antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by first-generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA-1), 63 (59%), 67 (63%) and 43 (41%) were reactive by second-generation EIAs (EIA-2). Among positive EIA-1 samples, 33% were reactive by second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA-2). A higher percentage of positive EIA-2 samples, however, were reactive by RIBA-2. In the high-risk group there was a correlation between the EIA-2 and RIBA-2 results. In the low-risk group, however, the correlation was poor except in blood donors, in whom 57% of samples were reactive by EIA-2 and RIBA-2. Results showed that the sensitivity and specificity of EIA-2s has improved although further improvement is desirable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
702-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus by second-generation enzyme immunoassay.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory for Viral Hepatitis, Bureau of Microbiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study