Article
Quantification and genotyping of serum HCV-RNA in patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing interferon treatment.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1997
Gerken G, Knolle P, Jakobs S, Meyer zum Büschenfelde K H
Abstract excerpt
Quantification of serum HCV-RNA and HCV genotyping was studied in 27 patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing interferon treatment. Pretreatment serum HCV-RNA levels were quantified using competitive RT-PCR and compared to a quantitative RT-PCR assay based on co-amplification of HCV-RNA with a synthetic RNA standard. HCV genotyping was performed using a line probe reversed hybridisation assay or direct...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antiviral Agents
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Recombinant Proteins
