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Genotyping HCV isolates from Italy by type-specific PCR assay in the core region.
Research in virology - 1 Jan 2000
Spada E, Ciccaglione A R, Dettori S, Chionne P, Kondili L A, Amoroso P, Guadagnino V, Greco M, Rapicetta M
Abstract excerpt
A revision of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) core procedure was performed for genotyping hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 139 patients from Italy. This procedure, developed prior to the identification of new genotypes, may be inadequate in several geographical areas. We proposed a new typing mixture in which primers for types 2c and 4, that are reported to be circulating in Italy, were added and a primer for type...
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