Rapid reverse transcription-PCR detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in serum by using the TaqMan fluorogenic detection system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2933-2936

  Morris, Timothy ^b   Robertson, Betty ^b   Gallagher, Margaret ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FLUORESCENCE; GENOME; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; CHIRON; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0029860939     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2933-2936.1996     Document Type: Article

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