Use of Whole Blood Specimens for Routine Clinical Quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Does Not Increase Assay Sensitivity

The measurement of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in the blood has, in the last few years, become a critical component in the therapy of patients with HCV infections. Initially, extraction methods for serum and plasma were used, but a newer method that uses Catrimox-14 as the extraction agent fo...

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Published in:	J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors:	Cook, Linda, Ross, Angela M., Knight, Glenn B., Agnello, Vincent
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2000
Subjects:	Virology
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC87600/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11101559/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.12.4326-4331.2000
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