Real-time quantitative assay of HCV RNA using the duplex scorpion primer

Archives of Virology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-440

  Xu, S X ^a   Lan, K ^b   Shan, Y L ^c   Wang, H ^a   Luo, J Y ^a   Cui, F ^c   Huang, Y S ^a   Meng, J P ^c   Zhang, X M ^a   Yin, Y B ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c CQUMS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33846452993     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0843-7     Document Type: Article

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