Detection and Quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Feces of Chronically Infected Individuals
AUTOR(ES)
Beld, Marcel
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA was detected and quantified in human fecal specimens with the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR system adapted by us for fecal specimens. HCV RNA could be detected in the feces of four of six (67%) patients chronically infected with HCV, with loads up to about 2.8 × 105 copies/ml of feces. The same HCV genotypes were observed in feces and plasma as determined by direct sequencing of the 5′ untranslated region.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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