Labor and cost requirements of two commercial assays for qualitative molecular detection of hepatitis C virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3476-3477

  Schrijver, Iris ^a   Baron, Ellen Jo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL LOAD; HUMANS;

VIRUS RNA;

EID: 0036708354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3476-3477.2002     Document Type: Article

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