Simple and reliable method for detection and genotyping of hepatitis C virus RNA in dried blood spots stored at room temperature

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3512-3514

  Solmone, Mariacarmela ^a   Girardi, Enrico ^a   Costa, Francesco ^a   Pucillo, Leopoldo ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Capobianchi, Maria R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VIRUS DETECTION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708359     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3512-3514.2002     Document Type: Article

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