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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype determination by the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HBV Test, v2.0 in serum and plasma matrices.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2009
Goedel Sebastian, Rullkoetter Matthias, Weisshaar Sabrina, Mietag Carola, Leying Hermann, Boehl Florian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Viral load quantification is established in the clinical management of chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection for assessing efficacies and resistance developments in anti-viral drug treatment. OBJECTIVES: The fully automated COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HBV Test, v2.0 was evaluated for the linear measuring range and the inclusivity of HBV genotype determination in EDTA plasma and serum samples....
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