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Serotyping and genotyping of hepatitis C virus in Taiwanese patients with type C chronic liver disease and uraemic patients on maintenance haemodialysis.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jul 2000
Yu M L, Wang L Y, Chuang W L, Dai C Y, Sung M H, Chen S C, Lin Z Y, Hsieh M Y, Tsai J F, Chang W Y
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BACKGROUND: To evaluate a recombinant immunoblot hepatitis C virus (HCV) serotyping assay, which determines HCV serotypes 1, 2, and 3 by detecting type-specific antibodies to core-and NS-4-derived peptides. METHODS: Immunoreactivity of type-specific antibodies among 173 chronic hepatitis C patients and 43 haemodialysis patients in Taiwan was examined and the serotyping results were compared with genotyping by...
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