Implementation of an in-house quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction method for Hepatitis B virus quantification in West African countries

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 897-904

  Ghosh, S ^a   Sow, A ^b   Guillot, C ^a   Jeng, A ^c   Ndow, G ^c,d   Njie, R ^c,e   Toure, S ^c   Diop, M ^b   Mboup, S ^b   Kane, C T ^b   Lemoine, M ^d   Thursz, M ^d   Zoulim, F ^a,f   Mendy, M ^e   Chemin, I ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

^b La Dantec   (Senegal)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

HBV; real time quantification; Syber Green; viral load; viral quantification

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; TENOFOVIR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRIMER DNA; SYBR GREEN I; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST AFRICAN; COST; DRUG MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TIME FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TENOFOVIR; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84977111830     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12561     Document Type: Article

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