Distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in whole blood and blood cell fractions: Plasma HCV RNA analysis underestimates circulating virus load

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-26

  Schmidt, Warren N ^a   Wu, Ping ^c   Han, Jian Qiu ^b   Perino, Mary Jeanne ^d   LaBrecque, Douglas R ^d   Stapleton, Jack T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Shanghai Institute of Biological Products   (China)

^c R and D Department   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030982254     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514024     Document Type: Article

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