The use of real-time PCR to detect hepatitis C virus RNA in dried blood spots from Brazilian patients infected chronically

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Santos, Carlos ^a   Reis, Alexanda ^a   dos Santos, Cintia Vilhena ^a   Damas, Cristine ^a   Silva, Mariliza Henrique ^b   Viana, Mônica Valverde ^a,b,c,d,e   Ferraz, Maria Lucia ^d   Carnauba, Dimas ^b   El Far, Fabiane ^e   Serra, Fernando ^e   Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie ^a,d  

^a Laboratorio Centro de Genomas   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Referência DST AIDS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Global Med Affairs Dept Schering Plough   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot; HCV; QPCR

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A PLUS RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ETHNIC GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DESICCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG MONITORING; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84855225593     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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