Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 100-101 , January 2010

From Abbott ARCHITECT® Anti-HBc to Anti-HBc II—Improved performance in detecting antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen

Received 6 November 2009

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00551-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.11.010

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 100-101 , January 2010