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[Hepatitis C virus genotyping using 5 nuclease real-time PCR and probes with oligodeoxyinosine linkers].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2009
Vedernikov V E, Ivanov M K, Prasolova M A, Kandrushin E V, Dymshits G M
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of severe liver disease including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Genotyping became fundamental in the clinical assessment of patients with hepatitis C because the genotype of the hepatitis C virus determines the chance of therapeutic response and duration of treatment. We developed a new real-time PCR assay for genotyping of HCV with increased...
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