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Testing for e antigen and e antibody by immunodiffusion
Author(s) -
Tedder Richard S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890030112
Subject(s) - virology , immunodiffusion , antigen , antibody , biology , immunology
A rapid and reproducible micro e-ID test is described which allows two out of three HBsAg carriers to be classified as e-Ag or e-Ab. The majority of the remaining one-third of carriers are e-Ab as shown by e-RIA though a few will be e-Ag positive carriers by e-RIA.