Preliminary evaluation of a candidate international reference for Epstein–Barr virus capsid antigen immunoglobulin A in China

Preliminary evaluation of a candidate international reference for Epstein–Barr virus capsid antigen immunoglobulin A in China

Abstract Background The detection of the Epstein–Barr capsid antigen (VCA) immunoglobulin A (IgA) is widely used in the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but a reference standard for evaluating the presence of VCA-IgA is not yet available. Therefore, a reference standard is urgently neede...

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Main Authors: Hao Chen, Qiaohua Zhong, Xiaobin Wu, Yanling Ding, Qi Chen, Ning Xue, Yiwei Xu, Shulin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Subjects:
Epstein–Barr virus
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Virus capsid antigen
Reference
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-020-00294-8

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