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SUBMITTER: Zhao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953110 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Yao Y Zhang Xiu-Yu XY Guo Jin-Jun JJ Zeng Ai-Zhong AZ Hu Jie-Li JL Huang Wen-Xiang WX Shan You-Lan YL Huang Ai-Long AL
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100818 10
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of human chronic liver diseases and is a major public health problem. Viral load and HBV genotype play critical roles in determining clinical outcomes and response to antiviral treatment in hepatitis B patients. Viral genotype detection and quantification assays are currently in use with different levels of effectiveness. In this study, the performance of a real-time genotyping and quantitative PCR (GQ-PCR)-based assay was evaluated. Through the use ...[more]