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A Falus1, A Hajnal

  • 1Department of Biology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.

Since the majority of post-transfusion hepatitis cases are closely related to the HCV infections, the sensitive and specific detection of HCV-RNA is a central issue both in blood transfusion and in follow-up of hepatitis patients. This leaflet provides the technical details of HCV-RT-PCR.

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