Long PCR and its application to hepatitis viruses: Amplification of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C virus genomes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3085-3091

  Tellier, Raymond ^a   Bukh, Jens ^a   Emerson, Suzanne U ^a   Miller, Roger H ^a,b   Purcell, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPADNAVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0029956369     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3085-3091.1996     Document Type: Article

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