Comparison of four extraction methods to detect hepatitis A virus RNA in serum and stool samples

The efficiency of extraction methods for hepatitis A virus (HAV) RNA in clinical samples is of great importance for molecular diagnosis, especially in regions endemic for HAV, such as Brazil. We compared the efficiency of four different extraction techniques in serum and stool samples for the detect...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Salete de Paula, Livia Melo Villar, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HAV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000200007&lng=en&tlng=en