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First international external quality assessment for hepatitis delta virus RNA quantification in plasma
17 Aug 2016
Abstract excerpt
Infection by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV), a satellite of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), increases viral liver disease severity. Its diagnosis is thus vital for HBV-infected patients. HDV-RNA load (HDVL) should be assessed and monitored in plasma using real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assays. Taking advantage of the recently-developed World Health Organization (WHO) HDV international...
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