Evaluation of three different hepatitis c virus typing methods for detection of mixed-genotype infections

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-203

  Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Ur Rehman, Irshad ^a   Manzoor, Sobia ^a   Akbar, Haji ^a   Butt, Sadia ^a   Afzal, Samia ^a   Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair ^a   Hussain, Abrar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hepatitis C virus; Mixed genotype; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; THALASSEMIA; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 79957622578     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2011.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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