The development of a qualitative real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of hepatitis C virus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1177-1182

  Clancy, A ^a   Crowley, B ^a   Niesters, H ^b   Herra, C ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349105924     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0556-9     Document Type: Article

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