Development of a simple restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) based assay for HCV genotyping and comparative analysis with genotyping and serotyping tests

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-17

  Thiers, Vaĺrie ^a   Jaffredo, Franck ^b   Tuveri, Rosella ^a   Chodan, Nathalie ^a   Bréhot, Christian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

5'UTR RFLP; Direct sequencing; HCV genotypes; HCV RNA; LiPA; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DNA PROBES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030900232     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02162-3     Document Type: Article

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