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Serotyping of hepatitis C virus in chronic type C hepatitis in Taiwan: correlation with genotypes.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Apr 1996
Kao J H, Lin H H, Chen P J, Lai M Y, Wang T H, Mizokami M, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the usefulness of a new serologic assay to group hepatitis C virus (HCV), genotypes identified by this serotyping method were compared to those identified by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay with type-specific primers in 71 Taiwanese patients with chronic type C hepatitis. The group-specific antibodies against different HCV genotypes were detected by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay...
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