Genotyping of hepatitis C virus - Comparison of three assays

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 276-285

  Haushofer, Alexander C ^a   Berg, Jörg ^b   Hauer, René ^c   Trubert Exinger, Doris ^a   Stekel, Herbert G ^b   Kessler, Harald H ^d  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Municipal Hospital Lainz   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genotype; Genotyping assay; Hepatitis C virus; Hybridization assay; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037812298     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00183-X     Document Type: Article

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