Preferred Label : Hepatitis C Virus Recombinant Immunoblot Assay;
NCIt synonyms : HCV RIBA;
NCIt definition : An assay used to verify the presence of anti-HCV antibodies in a blood sample. Serum
is incubated with a membrane strip on which four recombinant viral proteins are attached.
The immunoblot is considered positive if two or more proteins react and indeterminate
if only one positive band is detected.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: An assay used to verify the presence of anti-HCV antibodies in a blood sample.
Serum is incubated with a membrane strip on which four recombinant viral proteins
are attached. The immunoblot is considered positive if two or more proteins react,
and indeterminate if only one positive band is detected. (NCI);
Origin ID : C95525;
UMLS CUI : C2987205;
Semantic type(s)
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