Comparative evaluation of three commercially available methodologies for hepatitis C virus genotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3797-3798

  Schutzbank, Ted E ^a   Sefers, Susan E ^b   Kahmann, Nicole ^a   Li, Haijing ^b   Tang, Yi Wei ^b  

^a Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248678988     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01159-06     Document Type: Article

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