Comparative study of three methods for genotyping hepatitis C virus strains in samples from Spanish patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2516-2521

  Forns, Xavier ^a   Maluenda, María D ^a   López Labrador, Francesc X ^a   Ampurdanès, Sergi ^a   Olmedo, Eva ^a   Costa, Josep ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^c   Sánchez Tapias, José M ^a,d   Jiménez De Anta, María T ^b   Rodés, Juan ^a  

^a Liver Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 9544254831     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2516-2521.1996     Document Type: Article

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