Localization of hepatitis C virus RNA on human erythrocytes by RT in situ PCR technique

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 578-584

  Lotz, G ^a   Szalay, F ^a   Firneisz, G ^a   Abonyi, M ^a   Lengyel, G ^a   Telegdy, L ^a   Ibranyi E ^a   Nemes, B ^a   Kury, F ^a   Schaff, Zsuzsa ^a   Simon, S ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Erythrocytes; Fluorescence microscopy; HCV; RT in situ PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; BLOOD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ERYTHROCYTES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0036000212     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520252903143     Document Type: Article

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