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A serotyping assay for hepatitis C virus in Southeast Asia.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology - 1 Sept 1998
Songsivilai S, Kanistanon D, Dharakul T
Abstract excerpt
A serotyping assay for hepatitis C virus (HCV) was evaluated with samples from Thailand, where the distribution of HCV genotypes was different from that in Western countries where the assay was designed and validated. The sensitivity of the assay was low (58%) for HCV RNA-positive samples compared to that of the genotyping assay (95%, P < 0.01). In addition, only 36% of anti-HCV-positive but HCV RNA-negative...
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