Quantitation of hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HCV-monoinfection and HIV/HCV-coinfection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-437

  Chary, Aarthi ^a,b   Winters, Mark A ^a,b   Eisen, Robert ^c   Knight, Thomas H ^c   Asmuth, David M ^c   Holodniy, Mark ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic virology; Hepatitis C; HIV infections virology; Immunology; Leukocytes; Mononuclear virology; RNA; Viral blood; Viral isolation and purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84855894286     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23210     Document Type: Article

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