Amplification of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus RNA with primers from different regions of the viral genome

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 284-289

  Kao, J H ^a   Chen, P J ^a   Chen, W ^a   Hsiang, S C ^a   Lai, M Y ^a   Chen, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

5' untranslated region; Envelope region 2; GB virus C hepatitis G virus; Non structural region 3; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030931218     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199704)51:4<284::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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