Detection of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus RNA in serum by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-96

  Bhardwaj, Bhavna ^a   Qian, KePing ^a   Detmer, Jill ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^c   Kolberg, Janice A ^b   Urdea, Mickey S ^b   Schlauder, George ^d   Linnen, Jeffrey M ^e,f   Kim, Jungsuh P ^e   Davis, Gary L ^a   Lau, Johnson Y N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Genelabs Incorporated   (United States)

^f Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

GBV C; HCV; HGV; hybridization; PCR; RNA; sensitivity; serum; specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030918255     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199705)52:1<92::AID-JMV15>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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