Article
Evaluation of Versant hepatitis C virus genotype assay (LiPA) 2.0.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Verbeeck Jannick, Stanley Mark J, Shieh Jen, Celis Linda, Huyck Els, Wollants Elke, Morimoto Judy, Farrior Alice, Sablon Erwin, Jankowski-Hennig Margaret, Schaper Carl, Johnson Pamela, Van Ranst Marc, Van Brussel Marianne
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping is a tool used to optimize antiviral treatment regimens. The newly developed Versant HCV genotype assay (LiPA) 2.0 uses sequence information from both the 5' untranslated region and the core region, allowing distinction between HCV genotype 1 and subtypes c to l of genotype 6 and between subtypes a and b of genotype 1. HCV-positive samples were genotyped manually using the...
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