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Selection and application of serotypical synthetic peptides derived from hepatitis C virus NS5A region.
Chinese medical journal - 5 Jul 2007
Dou Xiao-guang, Zhang Lin, Li Zhi-wei, Feng Guo-he, Chang Joy, Fildes Howard, Khudyakov Yuri
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BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have reported a relationship between hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype and the response to interferon therapy. Despite high sensitivity and specificity, genotyping methods can be performed only on HCV RNA positive samples. Serotyping might be a rapid and cost effective method for determining HCV genotypes, especially in patients with previously undetectable HCV RNA. In this study, an...
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