Expertise of French Laboratories in Detection, Genotyping, and Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2027-2030

  Lefrère, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Roudot Thoraval, Françoise ^h   Lunel, Françoise ⁱ   Alain, Sophie ^j   Chaix, Marie Laure ^c   Dussaix, Elisabeth ^k   Gassin, Michèle ^l   Izopet, Jacques ^m   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^h   Payan, Christopher ⁱ   Stoll Keller, Françoise ⁿ   Thibault, Vincent ^d   Trabaud, Mary Anne ^o   Bettinger, Dominique ^p   Bogard, Marc ^q   Branger, Michel ^e   Buffet Janvresse, Claudine ^r   Charrois, Anne ^f   Defer, Christine ^s   Laffont, Catherine ^t   Lerable, Joëlle ^b   Levayer, Thierry ^s   Martinot Peignoux, Michèle ^u   Mercier, Bernard ^s   Rosenberg, Arielle R ^g   more..

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^g Groupe Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul ^*  (France)

^h HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^k HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^l NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^o Lab de Virologie Bacteriologie   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^q CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MEAUX   (France)

^r ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^s ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^t PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^u BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RNA ISOLATION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2442619284     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2027-2030.2004     Document Type: Article

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