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Collaborative study to calibrate hepatitis C virus genotypes 2-6 against the HCV International Standard, 96/790 (genotype 1).
Vox sanguinis - 1 Jan 2003
Saldanha J, Heath A
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A major requirement of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) assay validation is the ability of the assay to detect the six major genotypes of HCV with equivalent sensitivities. The aim of this study was to characterize and calibrate an HCV genotype panel for use in such studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Panels consisting of the first International...
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