Comparison of real-time PCR and antigen assays for detection of hepatitis E virus in blood donors.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 16, 2014

Authors

T Vollmer1, C Knabbe2, J Dreier2

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Laboratoriums- und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany tvollmer@hdz-nrw.de.
2: Institut für Laboratoriums- und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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