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HCV genotyping by three methods: analysis of discordant results based on sequencing.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 1999
Furione M, Simoncini L, Gatti M, Baldanti F, Grazia Revello M, Gerna G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Correct genotyping of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive serum samples may have important clinical and therapeutic implications. OBJECTIVES: Three methods were compared to improve accuracy of HCV genotyping. STUDY DESIGN: A panel of 144 HCV RNA-positive sera prospectively tested by a modified Okamoto's type-specific reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR) (Okamoto H, Tokita...
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