Simultaneous screening for HBV DNA and HCV RNA genomes in blood donations using a novel TaqMan PCR assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Mercier, Bernard ^a,b   Burlot, Laetitia ^a   Férec, Claude ^a,b  

^a Centre de Biogénétique   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

Author keywords

Blood; Genomes; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; GENOME; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; VIRUS GENOME;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032928397     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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