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Hepatitis C virus quantification in serum and saliva of HCV-infected patients.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2012
Menezes Gisele Barreto Lopes, Pereira Fernanda Albuquerque, Duarte César Augusto Barros, Carmo Theomira Mauadie Azevedo, Silva Filho Hermes Pedreira da, Zarife Maria Alice, Krieger Marco Aurélio, Reis Eliana Almeida Gomes, Reis Mitermayer G
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be detected in blood and other bodily fluids, such as saliva, semen and gastric juices. The aim of this study was to compare the HCV viral loads in the serum and saliva of infected patients. Twenty-nine patients with detectable HCV RNA in their serum and saliva were included in this study. The HCV viral loads were determined through quantitative real-time polymerase chain...
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