A reverse-transcription competitive PCR assay based on chemiluminescence hybridization for detection and quantification of hepatitis C virus RNA

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-39

  Young, Kung Chia ^a   Chang, Ting Tsung ^a   Hsiao, Wei Chiang ^a   Cheng, Pin Nan ^a   Chen, Shu Hui ^a   Jen, Chung Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Linearity; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRANCHED DNA SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BRANCHED DNA SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; CALIBRATION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DIGOXIGENIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0036130364     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(01)00403-7     Document Type: Article

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