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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Detection and Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA
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Comparison of serial Hepatitis C virus detection in samples submitted through serology for reflex confirmation versus
Howard B Gale1, D Robert Dufour, Nazia N Qazi
1Infectious Diseases Section (151B), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving St. NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA. howard.gale@va.gov
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 10, 2011
Abstract:
Using real-time technology, we reliably identified chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and quantified virus from reflex samples originally submitted for serologic testing. There was no need to process specimens obtained directly for quantitation separately. Whether the initial source is a reflex sample or one obtained directly, a repeat HCV RNA test is needed before starting treatment.
