Second generation of the automated Cobas Amplicor HCV assay improves sensitivity of hepatitis C virus RNA detection and yields results that are more clinically relevant

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1567-1569

  Doglio, Alain ^a   Laffont, Catherine ^a   Caroli Bosc, François X ^b   Rochet, Pascale ^a   Lefebvre, J Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032947751     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1567-1569.1999     Document Type: Article

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