Evaluation of three molecular biology-based assays for the detection of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus in clinical specimens

Intervirology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 314-320

  Bortolin, Maria Teresa ^a   Zanussi, Stefania ^a   Tedeschi, Rosamaria ^a   Pratesi, Chiara ^a   D'Andrea, Monica ^a   Bidoli, Ettore ^a   Di Gennaro, Giampiero ^a   De Paoli, Paolo ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

GBV C HGV; RT PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C\LHEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 9144263869     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080874     Document Type: Article

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