Article
Genotypic analysis of hepatitis C virus in American patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1994
Mahaney K, Tedeschi V, Maertens G, Di Bisceglie A M, Vergalla J, Hoofnagle J H, Sallie R
Abstract excerpt
We examined hepatitis C virus genotypes in 98 American patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection by means of two methods; restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and line probe assay, which is based on type-specific sequence variations in the 5' untranslated region. Type 1 was p...
Topics
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Chronic Disease
- DNA Probes
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- United States
