Hepatitis C virus quantification in serum and saliva of HCV-infected patients

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be detected in blood and other bodily fluids, such as saliva, semen and gastric juices. The aim of this study was to compare the HCV viral loads in the serum and saliva of infected patients. Twenty-nine patients with detectable HCV RNA in their serum and saliva were i...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Gisele Barreto Lopes Menezes, Fernanda Albuquerque Pereira, César Augusto Barros Duarte, Theomira Mauadie Azevedo Carmo, Hermes Pedreira da Silva Filho, Maria Alice Zarife, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Eliana Almeida Gomes Reis, Mitermayer G Reis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2012-08-01
Subjects:	HCV HCV transmission serum HCV load salivary HCV load
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000500016&lng=en&tlng=en