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Effect of genotypes on the quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in clinical samples using the Amplicor HCV Monitor Test and the Quantiplex HCV RNA 2.0 assay (bDNA).
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 1998
Tong C Y, Hollingsworth R C, Williams H, Irving W L, Gilmore I T
Abstract excerpt
The Amplicor HCV Monitor test and the Quantiplex HCV RNA 2.0 (bDNA) assay are two commercially available assays for the quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in clinical samples. A direct comparison of the two assays was carried out using sera frozen previously from patients known to be chronically infected with HCV. Overall, 61 samples from 51 patients were tested simultaneously by the two methods: 67%...
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