Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Estonia.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2000
Zusinaite E, Krispin T, Raukas E, Kiiver K, Salupere R, Ott K, Ustina V, Zilmer K, Schmidt J, Sizemski L, Jaago K, Luman M, Ilmoja M, Prükk T, Ustav M
Abstract excerpt
Distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) geno(sub)types among 215 Estonian patients hospitalized with acute or chronic hepatitis and with HCV RNA-positive sera was investigated. For genotyping, both multiplex PCR with subtype-specific primers of the core region and RFLP analysis of cDNA of the 5' NCR region were used. These two methods permitted a correct characterization of genotypes, a more truthful...
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