Contribution of HCV core antigen testing in HCV diagnosis by test from the company Abbott Laboratories

Czech version

Authors: J. Trbušek
Authors‘ workplace: Abbott Laboratories, s. r. o., Diagnostics Division
Published in: Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 58, 2009, č. 4, s. 207-208

Overview

Detection of HCV core antigen as direct marker of hepatitis C infection clearly improves diagnosis of this disease (especialy reduction of window period) and brings broad clinical utilization. The company Abbott Laboratories offers fully automated laboratory test for measurement of HCV core antigen on ARCHITECT analyzers.

Keywords:
infectious diseases, hepatitis C, HCV core antigen

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