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Real-time detection system for quantification of hepatitis C virus genome.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 1999
Takeuchi T, Katsume A, Tanaka T, Abe A, Inoue K, Tsukiyama-Kohara K, Kawaguchi R, Tanaka S, Kohara M
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: For diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection and monitoring of viral load in patients, a highly sensitive and accurate hepatitis C virus quantification system is essential. METHODS: Hepatitis C virus genome was detected by real/time detection system using an ABI Prism 7700 sequence detector (Perkin Elmer Corp./Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). RESULTS: As few as 10 copies of the genome were...
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