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Detection of Low Copy Number Integrated Viral DNA Formed by In Vitro Hepatitis B Infection
Published on: November 6, 2018
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[Molecular diagnosis of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection]
1Department of Molecular Diagnosis, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University.
Abstract:
Detection of virus genomes and their mutants by molecular technology is essential in clinical practice for patients with hepatitis B virus(HBV) and hepatitis C virus(HCV) related liver diseases. We here briefly summarize genome structures of HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA. Also, we describe representative methods to detect and quantify HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA.
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