Comparison of serial hepatitis C virus detection in samples submitted through serology for reflex confirmation versus samples directly submitted for quantitation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3036-3039

  Gale, Howard B ^a   Dufour, D Robert ^b   Qazi, Nazia N ^a,c   Kan, Virginia L ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX SAMPLE; REFLEX TESTING; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79960959198     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00577-11     Document Type: Article

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