Consensus oligonucleotide primers for the detection of GB virus C in human cryptogenic hepatitis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Leary, Thomas P ^a   Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Simons, John N ^a   Pilot Matias, Tami J ^a   Erker, James C ^a   Chalmers, Michelle L ^a   Schlauder, George G ^a   Dawson, George J ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^a   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

GB agent; GB virus C; hepatitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 0029970478     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01956-1     Document Type: Article

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