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Usefulness of hepatitis C virus RNA counts by second generation HCV bDNA-probe in chronic hepatitis C based on the HCV genotype.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Apr 1998
Kobayashi M, Kumada H, Arase Y, Chayama K, Kobayashi M, Tsubota A, Koida I, Saitoh S, Suzuki Y, Murashima N, Ikeda K, Miyano Y, Mizoshita K, Matsuda M, Koike H, Hashimoto M
Abstract excerpt
Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA by a second generation (ver 2) HCV bDNA-probe method (bDNA-probe) was compared with detection by the first generation (ver 1) assay. The two assays were performed simultaneously with the same serum samples of HCV genotypes 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, and 3b. The positive rates with ver 1 were 82% for HCV genotype 1b (type 1b), 57.6% for HCV genotype 2a (type 2a), 75.0% for HCV...
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