High-speed detection of blood-borne hepatitis C virus RNA by single-tube real-time fluorescence reverse transcription-PCR with the lightcycler

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1987-1989

  Ratge, D ^a   Scheiblhuber, B ^a   Nitsche, M ^a   Knabbe, C ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0033638049     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.12.1987     Document Type: Article

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