A competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitation of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA that circumvents heteroduplex artifact

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Liu, Fanghua ^a   Knight, Glenn B ^a   Ábel, György ^a   Agnello, Vincent ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

GB virus C; Hepatitis G virus; Quantitative; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032930420     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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