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HIV variants and hepatitis B surface antigen mutants: Diagnostic challenges for immunoassays

✍ Scribed by Gerald Schochetman; Mary C. Kuhns


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
67 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0146-6615

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✦ Synopsis


This supplement contains many of the presentations given at a recent symposium on HIV variants and hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) mutants, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, that was held May 22-24, 2005 in Washington, DC. Eighteen speakers from eight countries discussed the impact of HIV variants and HBsAg mutants on immunoassays.


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