The effect of storage at different temperatures on the stability of Hepatitis C virus RNA in plasma samples

Biologicals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  José, Marta ^a   Curtu, Sònia ^a   Gajardo, Rodrigo ^a   Jorquera, Juan I ^a  

^a Instituto Grifols   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Nucleic acid amplification testing; Plasma samples; RNA; Stability

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HEMODILUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VIRUS TITRATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0037335325     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-1056(02)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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