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Exploring the concurrent presence of hepatitis A virus genome in serum, stool, saliva, and urine samples of hepatitis A patients.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Apr 2014
Joshi Madhuri S, Bhalla Shilpa, Kalrao Vijay R, Dhongade Ramchandra K, Chitambar Shobha D
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The use of saliva and urine as an alternative to serum samples for detection of anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM antibodies has been documented. However, these samples remain underreported or unexplored for shedding of HAV. To address this issue, paired serum, stool, saliva, and urine samples collected from hepatitis A patients were screened by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for detection of HAV...
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