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Comparison of conventional PCR with real-time PCR and branched DNA-based assays for hepatitis C virus RNA quantification and clinical significance for genotypes 1 to 5.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2006
Sarrazin Christoph, Gärtner Barbara C, Sizmann Dorothea, Babiel Rainer, Mihm Ulrike, Hofmann Wolf Peter, von Wagner Michael, Zeuzem Stefan
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The key parameter for diagnosis and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is HCV RNA. Standardization of HCV RNA assays to IU is mainly based on genotype 1 panels. Little is known about the variability of commercially available HCV RNA assays for quantification of different genotypes. T...
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