Comparison of two hepatitis C virus typing assays in a tunisian population;Comparaison de deux méthodes de typage du virus de l'hépatite C dans une population tunisienne

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-238

  Moussa, M Ben ^a   Barguellil, F ^a   Bouziani, A ^a   Amor, A ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hepatitis C virus; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUREX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0037366894     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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