Whole blood as an alternative to plasma for detection of hepatitis C virus RNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3791-3794

  Daniel, Hubert Darius J ^a   David, Joel ^a   Grant, Paul R ^b   Garson, Jeremy A ^b,c   Chandy, George M ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 55849143237     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00045-08     Document Type: Article

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