Direct polymerase chain reaction for detection of hepatitis B, C and G virus genomes from serum without nucleic acid extraction - Simple, rapid and highly sensitive method

Hepatology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-70

  Abe, Kenji ^a   Konomi, Nami ^a   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Direct polymerase chain reaction; Hepatitis B; Nucleic acid extraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0032444730     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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