Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6119514 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2016 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, it was possible to demonstrate that, despite the low sensitivity, the optimized protocol was able to determine the viral load, as well as, the infecting HCV genotype, validating the usefulness of DBS for viral load determination and molecular epidemiology studies of HCV.
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Authors
Brunna Lemos Crespo Marques, Márcia Paschoal do EspÃrito-Santo, Vanessa Alves Marques, Juliana Custódio Miguel, Elisangela Ferreira da Silva, Cristiane Alves Villela-Nogueira, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Elisabeth Lampe, Livia Melo Villar,