Use of whole blood specimens for routine clinical quantitation of hepatitis C virus RNA does not increase assay sensitivity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4326-4331

  Cook, L ^a   Ross, A M ^a   Knight, G B ^a   Agnello, V ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATRIMOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRACTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034462387     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.12.4326-4331.2000     Document Type: Article

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