Stable hepatitis C virus RNA detection by RT-PCR during four days storage

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  de Moreau de Gerbehaye, Anne Isabelle ^a   Bodéus, Monique ^a   Robert, Annie ^a   Horsmans, Yves ^a   Goubau, Patrick ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MONITOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN PUNCTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 2942556813     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-22     Document Type: Article

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