A NEW APPROACH TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS SERO-DIAGNOSIS USING 2 DIFFERENT ELISA TESTS

Authors
DELAMBALLERIE X ZANDOTTI C VIGNOLI C ROUSSEAU S DEMICCO P
Citation
X. Delamballerie et al., A NEW APPROACH TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS SERO-DIAGNOSIS USING 2 DIFFERENT ELISA TESTS, Medical microbiology letters, 2(5), 1993, pp. 231-238
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
2
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
231 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1993)2:5<231:ANATHV>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Five hundred and sixty sera submitted for HCV serology were tested wit h a classical diagnostic protocol (using an ELISA test for screening a nd an immunoblot in case of positivity) and a protocol using two diffe rent ELISA tests and the immunoblot only in case of contradictory or d oubtful results. The two protocols were found to be of comparable spec ificity, but the latter was found more sensitive, and less expensive w hen the percentage of ELISA seropositivity was high.