Quantification of hepatitis C virus by TaqMan PCR: Comparison with HCV amplicor monitor assay

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Kawai, Shigenobu ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a   Kanda, Tatsuo ^a   Imazeki, Fumio ^a   Maru, Yasushi ^a   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus RNA; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RNA ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 0032915574     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<121::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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