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Determination of hepatitis B virus genotype by flow-through reverse dot blot.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2007
Zhang Ren, Deng Yan, Muller Claude P, Ou Zhi-Ying, Ma Li, Wang Min, Li Pei-Qiong, He Yun-Shao
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BACKGROUND: The clinical outcome and response to therapy of hepatitis B virus infection differ depending upon viral genotype. Most methods of determining the viral genotype are relatively time-consuming and costly. Moreover, the results of some methods are influenced by single nucleotide mutations. OBJECTIVES: To develop a novel HBV genotyping process insensitive to single nucleotide mutations using an improved...
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