A reliable internally controlled RT-nested PCR method for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 253-257

  Nozaki, Akito ^a,b   Naganuma, Atsushi ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^b   Sekihara, Hisahiko ^b   Kato, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Internal control; Reverse transcription nested PCR (RT nested PCR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; LACTOFERRIN; LUCIFERASE; RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BEETLES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LUCIFERASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034540904     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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