A serotyping assay for hepatitis C virus in Southeast Asia.

Epidemiological Implications of HIV-Hepatitis C Co-Infection in South and Southeast Asia

We sought to profile the epidemiological implication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection from South and Southeast Asia by reviewing original studies reporting prevalence of HIV-HCV co-infection and their risk factors. Thirteen papers cited in the PubMed database and published in 2012 and 2013 were reviewed. The overall HCV co-infection prevalence range...

Concordance of Hepatitis C Virus Typing Methods Based on Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis in 59 Noncoding Region and NS4 Serotyping, but Not in Core PCR or a Line Probe Assay

Genotyping hepatitis C viruses from Southeast Asia by a novel line probe assay that simultaneously detects core and 5' untranslated regions.

Hepatitis C viruses (HCVs) display a high level of sequence diversity and are currently divided into six genotypes. A line probe assay (LiPA), which targets the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of the HCV genome, is widely used for genotyping. However, this assay cannot distinguish many genotype 6 subtypes from genotype 1 due to high sequence similarity in the 5'UTR. We investigated the accuracy ...

Ischaemic heart disease after renal transplantation: how to assess and minimize the risk.

1075 setting: a review with recommendations for control. Semin Dial Interferon treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in patients on hemodialysis. Serial quantit-909–910 (Letter) ative analysis of serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels in patients 20. Graziani G, Badalamenti S, Sampietro M, et al. Produzione with acute and chronic hepatitis C. virus RNA levels by quantitative competitive RNA pol...

Serological determination of hepatitis C virus genotype: comparison with a standardized genotyping assay.

In patients with chronic hepatitis C, determination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype could be routinely run in the future to tailor treatment schedules. The suitabilities of two versions of a serological, so-called serotyping assay (Murex HCV Serotyping Assay version 1-3 [SA1-3] and Murex HCV Serotyping Assay version 1-6 [SA1-6]; Murex Diagnostics Ltd.), based on the detection of genotype-sp...