Frequency of very low HCV viremia detected by a highly sensitive HCV-RNA assay

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-311

  Fytili, P ^a   Tiemann, C ^b   Wang, C ^a   Schulz, S ^a   Schaffer, S ^c   Manns, M P ^a   Wedemeyer, H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr Krone und Partner   (Germany)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCV; Low viremia

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS INTERFERON; INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 34447503644     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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