Utility of oral fluid samples for hepatitis B antibody detection in real life conditions.
Helena Medina CruzVanessa Salete de PaulaElisangela Ferreira da SilvaKycia Maria Rodrigues do ÓFlavio Augusto Pádua MilagresMarcelo Santos CruzFrancisco Inácio BastosJurema Corrêa da MotaPriscila Pollo-FloresErotildes LealAna Rita Coimbra Motta-CastroLia Laura Lewis-XimenezElisabeth LampeLivia Melo VillarPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
It was possible to optimize a commercial EIA for detecting anti-HBc in oral fluid samples and where the highest concordance was found in ambulatory settings and among individuals with active infection.