Article
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 mixtu...
Topics
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Retrospective Studies
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity
- Viral Core Proteins