Infectivity of hepatitis C virus in plasma after drying and storing at room temperature

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-524

  Kamili, Saleem ^a   Krawczynski, Kris ^a   McCaustland, Karen ^a   Li, Xiaofang ^a   Alter, Miriam J ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 34249291222     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513727     Document Type: Article

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