Rapid and sensitive genotyping of hepatitis C virus by single-strand conformation polymorphism

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Lareu, Ricky R ^a   Swanson, Nigel R ^a   Fox, Simon A ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

genotyping; hepatitis C; SSCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCREENING; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0031056753     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02134-9     Document Type: Article

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