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Real time TaqMan PCR detection and quantitation of HBV genotypes A-G with the use of an internal quantitation standard.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2004
Weiss J, Wu H, Farrenkopf B, Schultz T, Song G, Shah S, Siegel J
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BACKGROUND: Diagnostic assays for the accurate quantitation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels from patients undergoing antiviral therapy are useful for monitoring and tailoring therapy. Such assays should give accurate results with all HBV genotypes, including a seventh genotype of hepatitis B virus, genotype G, that has recently been identified in specimens from HBV-positive patients in the United States and...
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