Hepatitis C Virus Quantitation: Optimization of Strategies for Detecting Low-Level Viremia
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Hepatitis C virus quantitation: optimization of strategies for detecting low-level viremia.
A long-term assessment of quantitative hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing was performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The Quantiplex HCV RNA 2.0 branched-chain DNA (bDNA) assay (Bayer Diagnostics) for hepatitis C viral load determination was used to test 3,471 specimens. bDNA-negative samples were also tested by an in-house qualitative reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR assay with a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.888-891.2000